Oh wow, did I see God working today or not?
You've all seen me wear that one white shirt with the pink handprint on the front- the handprint everyone reaches out to cover with their own hand and then draws back suddenly? Yeah. It's my MIP shirt, for Mission It's Possible. We started last summer with our Baby Darla mission, and we've also done Caring Caps, and Quilts for Kabul. Today we did Mission Baby Terae.
Jennifer, a ex-druggie who recently got out of jail and lives in a hotel room with her husband, had her baby- Terae Jennelle- 16 days ago. She had her first child when she was only 14- that's ME, giving birth in about 10 months. Holy Crap. Now she's 30, and her fourth child has now been her first child to ever receive a baby shower! For the past two weeks we've been busy crafting and shopping things for Jennifer and Terae, and today we got to meet the two of them at a park in Denver! We ate Chipotle and cake, and we gave her presents!!! She got tons of stuff- slippers for her, bath stuff, closet organizers, a laundry basket, and then even more stuff for the baby- clothes organized into bags for Newborns, 0-3 months, 3-6 months, and 6-12 months, bottles, bottle liners, diapers, a Snuggli baby carrier, toys, hand-painted burping towels, sleepers, onesies, booties, hats, sheets...oh it was amazing! It was one of the funnest things ever to watch Jennifer unwrap it all- she was so happy and humble about it all! Plus, she was a total crackup, one of the funniest people I've ever met. Someone told her that, and she said, "I told my Daddy I was a comedian but he told me not to quit my day job. Now, I don't even have one!!!" Well, that doesn't sound good, but it was funny. There were all these other little black kids in the park, and they'd been playing tug-of-war a little ways away from us. About halfway through the gifts, they got really interested and just came over and watched! As Jennifer unwraped about 7 hand-painted onesies, she told us we had too much time on our hands. "You should all go join a gang or something," she joked. It was amazing! If you pray, keep her on your list. :)
Well, that's all for now.
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God bless!
(thomas, i totally love the way u sign off. lol!)
4 years ago
3 comments:
That's great!
Wow Kenz. That sounds like an amazing time. Don't you love those moments? It's so gratifing giving to those who truly need it. And Jennifer sounds so funny. I loled about the gang part. But really, that's great. Way to go.
This is sooo wonderfull to hear!
I will Pray for them they seem like amazing people
This is soo cool to hear!
haha Thanks
God Bless
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