We gathered at Joyce’s for our Annual Christmas party. We had a wonderful time with lots of food, laughter and friends.
We prayed for Tom’s friend Uta who is facing some family issues
1048.
Last night was our last quilt work night of 2022 and it started out really slow but as the night progressed you ladies showed up and the goal of the night was met. We had a rack of quilts to pin and a big pile to put ties in…….then we prayed for six…
1042. Keith and Peggy Bundy mourning the loss of their son Louis….
1043. Addie, a five year old who has been sick with pneumonia and scarlet fever…
1044. Brad, a friend of my son Tom, dealing with the death of his mother…
1045. Rhonda (Joyce’s niece) & Eric mourning the loss of both Eric’s parents in the last couple months…..
1046. Dean (Sonya T. brother-in-law) who has had a stroke….
1047. Jim (Marian’s nieces’s husband) who will be having open heart surgery at Mayo in January.
Continue to pray for Mike, Ann’s husband, as he heals from heart surgery.
God has blessed us so much with this ministry….so far in 2022 we have prayed and have given quilts to 141 individuals and couples. With God’s blessing may we continue in 2023. Remember it is not about the quilts or us but the prayers.
Dec. 10th at around 11 is our Christmas brunch. Bring a special treat. Remember to bring items that we can give to Domestic Violence.
Remember to thank God for our many blessings.
CHOOSE JOY
Love and thanks,
Joyce
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Gratitude can transform
Common days into thanksgivings,
Turn routine jobs into joy,
And change ordinary
Opportunities into blessings
Good morning ladies on a very cloudy dreary day….oh how we love that sunshine.
We had another good night enjoying each other while working, praying, and eating.
We did quilts for
1039. Bill Iverson who recently lost his daughter to cancer…
1041. Berna…Betty’s neighbor at the Bethel
apartments….Berna fell and broke several ribs and her
hip…..
Pray for Mike and Ann Shinnick….Mike will be having open heart surgery on Nov. 16th.
We enjoyed a good apple crisp which Marian provided. Thank you Marian.
Our last work night of the year will be Nov. 22nd…….our Christmas brunch is Saturday Dec. 10th. For the brunch bring something good to eat and some supplies for Domestic Violence.
Choose Joy each day.
Love, Joyce
Always remember you are braver than you know,
stronger than you seem,
smarter than you think,
and loved more than you know.
Thank you for another wonderful night of working and praying together.
On Saturday we gave quilts to
1029.Telmo, 1030.Wessley, and 1031.Robbyn who work with Chain of Love.
We also gave to
1032.Hellen and 1033.Marcos the individuals we sponsor from Chain of Love.
Last night we did quilts for
1034.Miriam, baby daughter of Hannah and David….
1035. Toni who needs uplifting ….
1036. Doug as he struggles….
1037.Judy who is going to have breast cancer surgery….
1038. Stephanie’s Grandpa who had heart surgery yesterday.
Our next quilt night is Nov. 8th……..and the last work night of the year Nov. 22nd. We will have our Christmas brunch on Dec. 10th. We can meet at around 11 so we have time to pray for people who need quilts. We will plan to eat around 12. Lets bring items for Domestic Violence again this year. They really appreciated the many items we gave them last year. If you have ideas for our party we can work them out in the next two work nights.
Remember: God thinks you are special and so do I.
Joyce
Remember the day’s blessings
Forget the days troubles.
Good morning to all of you special ladies. Thanks for another good and busy night.
1004-1024.We packed up the first 20 quilts for Valiant Living….Nate was here to accept them….
1025.for Jeff, a friend of Noah’s….Noah brought him so we could pray for him as he challenges life from his wheelchair…… |
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1027.for Declan…..we had a time of silent prayer as we prayed for Declan and his family…..
Continue to uphold these people and each other in prayer.
Our next meeting is Oct. 25th. We only have 3 more working nights in 2022. In Dec. we only have our Christmas party………should we go with a Sat. brunch like last year?
We live in a crazy mixed up world but always remember we have a God who truly loves us and puts up with our mistakes.
Love, Joyce
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13
September 27 2022
What a wonderful busy night we had……..I praise God for each one of you.
We gave number 1000 quilt to Shan Reed. We gave her number 1 back in 2008 when we started this ministry……..never dreamed of getting to 1000!
As we began our next thousand quilts we gave
1001. to Devonte Garcia who had leg surgery……
1003. for Troy who has struggled the last 5 years after losing his wife and needing to lose much weight to have hip surgery.
Our next big step is giving to Valiant Living. We need 120 quilts for them. It sounds like a big jump but we already have 20 ready and marked so we are on our way.
Thanks Holly for the wonderful dessert and Noah for taking pictures.
Remember each day to CHOOSE JOY.
Love, Joyce
Always remember you are braver than you know, stronger than you seem,
smarter than you think, and loved more than you know.
Good morning ladies. It feels like fall.
We had a great night last night. We always miss those that can’t join us. It was a great to have Deanna and Ella Wolfe join us for the evening.
996. We did quilts and prayed for the Wolfe family….
997. for Scott who had a farm accident….
998. for Paul and Linda as they grieve the loss of Paul’s Mother….
999. for April who had a fall and thanks for the beautiful piano playing.
We meet again Sept. 27th. We will be giving our 1000 quilt that night and also will do the first house for Valiant Living.
Remember we are to be God’s servants.
Love, Joyce
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again:Rejoice!
Philippians 4:4
Almost the end of another season in our lives…..thank you faithful ladies for another good night. Last night we did some quilts for
993.Jessica Lee, our financial assistant
994.Megan Bousquet…media assistant
995.Traci Anderson our children’s coordinator.
Thank you ladies for your faithful service.
I dream big when it comes to giving prayer quilts….bear with me ladies.
The table runners we made for Shan arrived in Japan. Shan loved them.
Pray for our teachers and students as they begin a new school year.
Our next quilt night is September 13th.
Remember to CHOOSE JOY each day.
Love you all, Joyce
Happiness blooms where seeds of LOVE and JOY are planted.
Thank you dear ladies for another good night of quilting. We got much done.
990.We have finished the 12 table runners for Shan to give at a women’s retreat in Japan. They are all packaged up and ready to go.
991.We prayed for Baby boy Flynn who had covid and now meningitis…..
992.for Ron who is making our quilting counter more quilting friendly also praying for him as he processes his grief at this time.
Several of the quilts are ready to give to Valiant Living…..we just have to wait for the OK.
Next quilting night is August 23rd…….
Remember each day to CHOOSE JOY.
Love, Joyce
GOD does not give you what you can handle.
God helps you handle what you are given.
Good morning dear friends on a beautiful summer morning…..take time to smell the roses.
We had another good night. We did quilts and prayed for
986.Jan, a resident of the Bethel apartments….Jan has been in the hospital and dealing with medical problems for a couple of weeks….
987. Holly’s friend, Amanda, who is a 4th grade teacher in a public school in MN…pray for Amanda as she deals with many issues in the public school…..Amanda joined us last night…….
988. Henn, Nancy and baby boy Clive……Clive was born premature and is still in the hospital……Henn and Nancy are new in our area from New York……..
989.Dave, Heather, and Lydia…..as they deal with some very trying issues…….
Keep all of these individual’s in your prayers.
Our next big project will be Valient Living……this is big so we are going to take it house by house…we have enough quilts ready to do the first house next month. This will bring us to over 1000 quilts….got any ideas…we need to celebrate. God continues to bless us with fabric and funds so we just keep going quilt by quilt.
Our next night will be Aug. 9th. There will be much to do that night so hope to have many hands.
Thanks Holly for the yummy cookies.
CHOOSE JOY each day.
Love you all, Joyce
Happiness blooms where seeds of LOVE and JOY are planted.
