Cold weather - garden is growing well, in my living room. First baby Zucchini coming on!
Heavy snow calapsed my greenhouse - My hubby and a friend straightened it all back out and the plastic was only seriously ripped in one place. Easy fix!
My faithful old dog can hardly walk anymore - We got a cute and loveable new puppy and he's smart too!
I was told Bible study group was not likely to work - We have anywhere between 10 to 20 people every Wednesday evening. We have also had our first request of baptism!
I was told that a support group for those who wanted to maintain a healthy lifestyle wouldn't work - We've had a faithful attendance of 10 - 13 people every Tuesday evening and it is growing! Hurray!
Thought Caleb would never grow - Has grown an inch in the last month! Amazing!
Trying to figure out how to make extra money - Start painting someone elses house tomorrow! Will get paid for that. Awesome! Was given an ancient motorhome. I renovated it and have two college girls renting it for the summer! Awesome again!! Have another girl renting space on our land to park hers and is eating with us also so she is going to pay for that! Great witnessing opportunities! Love it!
Septic tank not big enough to accomidate our renters. - hubby built a nice big outhouse all out of wood that was given to us! Looks fabulous! Renter are happy!
Looking forward to more blessing from God!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Winter's over
We are back in the swing of things again now that winter is over.
Thought I would tell you about today's experience.
Just for a little back drop: The Lord has blessed me with clothes lately. Lots of clothes, nice clothes! You see there is this second hand store in town that only takes top quality clothes and then sells them. When, however, a certain amount of time goes by and the article of clothing does not sell, they take it off the hanger and shove it into a garbage bag and give it to a friend of mine to take away. Well, I'm so happy to be the recipient of bags and bags of some of the nicest clothes. My closets are full and in any given day, I can dress up to fit any occasion.
Another note before I tell my story is that we have a lot of Phillipino people moving to our town to work. There are lots of jobs here and the Philipino people are good workers so the government brings them over. When one family arrives and makes enough money, they sponsor more family members to come over who intern sponsor more. So we have a large community of Philipino people in our town.
So now the story: One dear young lady comes to our church regularly. She is married and has three young children who are still back in the Philipines. She was sponsored by her relatives to come over and be their nanny for their daughter. So, she left her family back home and came to Canada in hopes of soon making enough money to bring the rest of the family over. She has been here a year and a half and has quietly worked for her relatives, cooking, cleaning for their business, and looking after their child. They have paid her only enough to send a little tiny bit of money back home. She is making only as much as she would in the Philippines and has had nothing left for personal use. Poor girl has said nothing. She has been treated as a slave, when she collected clothes from the recycling bins (at the dump) her sponsor got angry and made her throw them away. When the little girl would hurt her and she would tell the child to stop, she would be told that she has no right to stop her from doing as she pleases. Still, in hopes of making a better future for her own family she endured until her health gave out and she ended up unconcious in the hospital last week. When she came to, the doctor wanted to know everything and she told. She ended up at the woman's shelter for a while but is now staying with another Philippino family. Still, she had no socks, no shoes, no coat, and only one pair of jeans.
On Sabbath with tears, she told me her story of the last year and a half of abuse.
Today, I picked her up and brought her to Wal*mart. I told her to pick out the socks she liked. She automatically went for the cheapest pair. I encouraged her to go for quality, ones that would last.
Then we went for underwear. She said to me, just give me your old ones. I can wear those. I told her, "No, we don't do second hand underwear!!!" LOL She went for the cheapest but I redirected her to some nice ones that were going to last a little longer.
Next we went to the shoe section. She again kept gravitating to the cheapest shoes. When I brought to a nicer pair she sadly told me that if her relatives saw her in town with a brand new pair of shoes, the would be very angry at her and ask her where she got the money to get them. I told her she could tell them that I gave them to her as a gift. She was so pleased and let me buy her a pair of $20 shoes instead of $12 shoes. Still, too cheap for quality, I know but this is where she could still feel comfortable.
Next I brought her home and out of my closet we pulled everything. She tried on clothes and clothes. At first she was shy and when I encouraged her to some really nice, classy clothes, she shrunk away from them. After a while though, I could tell she was having so much fun. She began to giggle and laugh and look in the mirror. I got her in a skirt with a matching blouse and a long silk scarf. She couldn't believe how pretty she looked. I then had her try a black and white skirt and beautiful top. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Wow, I don't look like a maid!" I told her, her maid days were over! Her lawyer was helping her expidite the being able to work process and she was her own woman now. She was no longer somebody's maid and she could and should dress with pride. She went back to where she was staying very happy! It made my day!
Now, my clothes supply is quite a bit less, but I know there will be more where that came from. :0)
Thought I would tell you about today's experience.
Just for a little back drop: The Lord has blessed me with clothes lately. Lots of clothes, nice clothes! You see there is this second hand store in town that only takes top quality clothes and then sells them. When, however, a certain amount of time goes by and the article of clothing does not sell, they take it off the hanger and shove it into a garbage bag and give it to a friend of mine to take away. Well, I'm so happy to be the recipient of bags and bags of some of the nicest clothes. My closets are full and in any given day, I can dress up to fit any occasion.
Another note before I tell my story is that we have a lot of Phillipino people moving to our town to work. There are lots of jobs here and the Philipino people are good workers so the government brings them over. When one family arrives and makes enough money, they sponsor more family members to come over who intern sponsor more. So we have a large community of Philipino people in our town.
So now the story: One dear young lady comes to our church regularly. She is married and has three young children who are still back in the Philipines. She was sponsored by her relatives to come over and be their nanny for their daughter. So, she left her family back home and came to Canada in hopes of soon making enough money to bring the rest of the family over. She has been here a year and a half and has quietly worked for her relatives, cooking, cleaning for their business, and looking after their child. They have paid her only enough to send a little tiny bit of money back home. She is making only as much as she would in the Philippines and has had nothing left for personal use. Poor girl has said nothing. She has been treated as a slave, when she collected clothes from the recycling bins (at the dump) her sponsor got angry and made her throw them away. When the little girl would hurt her and she would tell the child to stop, she would be told that she has no right to stop her from doing as she pleases. Still, in hopes of making a better future for her own family she endured until her health gave out and she ended up unconcious in the hospital last week. When she came to, the doctor wanted to know everything and she told. She ended up at the woman's shelter for a while but is now staying with another Philippino family. Still, she had no socks, no shoes, no coat, and only one pair of jeans.
On Sabbath with tears, she told me her story of the last year and a half of abuse.
Today, I picked her up and brought her to Wal*mart. I told her to pick out the socks she liked. She automatically went for the cheapest pair. I encouraged her to go for quality, ones that would last.
Then we went for underwear. She said to me, just give me your old ones. I can wear those. I told her, "No, we don't do second hand underwear!!!" LOL She went for the cheapest but I redirected her to some nice ones that were going to last a little longer.
Next we went to the shoe section. She again kept gravitating to the cheapest shoes. When I brought to a nicer pair she sadly told me that if her relatives saw her in town with a brand new pair of shoes, the would be very angry at her and ask her where she got the money to get them. I told her she could tell them that I gave them to her as a gift. She was so pleased and let me buy her a pair of $20 shoes instead of $12 shoes. Still, too cheap for quality, I know but this is where she could still feel comfortable.
Next I brought her home and out of my closet we pulled everything. She tried on clothes and clothes. At first she was shy and when I encouraged her to some really nice, classy clothes, she shrunk away from them. After a while though, I could tell she was having so much fun. She began to giggle and laugh and look in the mirror. I got her in a skirt with a matching blouse and a long silk scarf. She couldn't believe how pretty she looked. I then had her try a black and white skirt and beautiful top. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Wow, I don't look like a maid!" I told her, her maid days were over! Her lawyer was helping her expidite the being able to work process and she was her own woman now. She was no longer somebody's maid and she could and should dress with pride. She went back to where she was staying very happy! It made my day!
Now, my clothes supply is quite a bit less, but I know there will be more where that came from. :0)
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