December 9 2023. 1264. Steve S. 1265.Cindy&Cheryl 1266. Jim. 1267.Epsland Family

 

 Good morning ladies on a bright sunny  Winter day.

What a great turn out and wonderful food we had on Saturday.  Thank you ladies for another great year.  May our hearts continue to want to give each day.  This year we gave 219 quilts to those who need prayers and reminders of how great our God is.  On Sat. we gave quilts to 

1264.Steve Sims who had a very unfortunate accident…..

1265&66.  two for Shan’s special friends who unexpectedly lost their Mom and wife (Jim)

  On Sunday night our Life group prayed for 

1267.the Espland family who lost their father and husband…..friends of Jeff who is a friend of Noah.

Again thank you special friends…..now we are on to the next year.  We will not meet again until the second Tuesday of 2024…..January 9^th, 2024.

Remember to think each day of the real reason for Christmas……..JESUS.

Love, Joyce

Remember the light of Christmas is

JESUS

November 29 2023. 1242-1262 Valiant Living. 1263.Schupp family

Good morning ladies. Well we did it! We made 120 quilts for Valiant Living.  

1242-1262. Nate Hofman came last night…..we prayed for Valiant Living…..the workers and the clients..then Nate took the last 20 quilts to deliver.  It was good…..we are here to pray and to help each other.  Thank you ladies for sticking with me…..God made it possible. 

1263.  We prayed for 1 other quilt..for Matt (close friend of son Tom from Georgia) who has recently lost his father.

 

We will party in Dec….no work nights.  Remember the brunch at 11:00 on Sat., Dec. 9^th.  Bring something good to add to the brunch and items for Domestic Violence.  Another year has swiftly gone by.  It has been good.  Did you know that we have people from every decade from teen age to 97.  That is pretty amazing.  That must be why we get along so well together.

 

Have a good week.  See you next Sat.

 

Love, Joyce

November 15 2023. 1235.Anna Gale. 1236.Kitty. 1237.BillyJo. 1238.The Day Family. 1239.Jeff. 1240.Linda. 1241.Sarah

 Thank you faithful ladies for another good busy night.

We gave and prayed for quilts for:  

1235.Anna Gale, Delora Sim’s sister, who will be having surgery for colon cancer

1236.Kitty dealing with double mastectomy

1237. Billy Jo who has been dealing with medical problems

1238. the Day family in Michigan who took in Ella

co-workers of Joyce’s son Tom:

1239.Jeff in CA who has a rare form of blood cancer

1240.Linda in PA with thyroid cancer

1241.Sarah in TX mourning the loss of her mother.  

  

May  we continue to pray for the many people that we have not met  and for each other as we cope with everyday concerns.

Only one more work night in 2023….Nov. 28^th.  We only have seven left to finish the quota for Valiant Living.  Mark your calendars for our Christmas Brunch, December 9^th.  We will give items and money to Domestic Violence.  I don’t know if they have a special need list or if we just bring items we know they could use.

Thank you Karen for the treats and welcome home Ella.

You are all such special people.

Joyce

May we be Thankful each day for the many blessings God gives us.

October 25 2023. 1228.Fred. 1229.Mathias. 1230.Sadie. 1231.Brenda. 1232.RaeAnna. 1233.Nathan&Laura. 1234.Karen B.

 We had a great night of preparing and praying for quilts for many people.

We did quilts for 

1228.Fred, Trevor’s Dad , who had back surgery:

“The kids helped me tie the ties.  Fred really appreciated the quilt and the prayers!” Stephanie.

1229.Mathias, a 3 month old baby with brain cancer

1230. Sadie, a baby born 10 weeks early

1231.Brenda, Marci’s friend, who had heart surgery

1232. RaeAnna, Lisa Jung’s 2 year old granddaughter, who has Rheumatoid Arthritis

1233. Nathan&Laura, Noah’s friends, Newly weds…Laura’s Mother has stage 4 colon cancer

1234. Karen, Betty’s friend at the Bethel apt…..Karen gave us 100 yards of beautiful fabric.  She is a widow trying to clean out her home to sell. 

 Continue to uphold these people in prayer.  Pray for own group.  We all need prayers with special needs each day.  Today let’s pray for Mary as they deal with new medical problems for son Andy.

We only have 2 work nights left in 2023.  We only have 10 left to add to the Valiant Living pile so we will make it in 2023.    There are 5 Tuesdays in Oct so it will be 3 weeks before we meet again on Nov. 14^th.

Mark your calendars for our Christmas brunch around 11:00 on Dec. 9^th.

Love you all,

Joyce

As we come to the end of another year may we be humble in our giving.

God has blessed us so much.  May we continue to Choose Joy in our giving.

October 11 2023. 1227.Kelly

 There were only 5 + Copper last night but we were able to get caught up……..quilts were pinned and 7 more quilts ready for Valiant Living.  We only have 13 to go…..hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We did a quilt for 

1227.Kelly who is going through chemo fighting genetic lung cancer.

Thanks Marian for the good pumpkin dessert.

Our next work night is Oct. 24^th.

Love, Joyce

Remember to Choose Joy each new day.

God is good.

September 27 2023. 1193.Marlin. 1194.Kelsey. 1195.Deb. 1196-1226. Valiant Living

 Good morning dear friends.  We had another good and busy night.  We did quilts for 

1193.Marlin who has a broken leg.

1194. Kelsey, a relative of Karen’s, a new bride dealing with major medical problems.

1195.Deb, a patient in the Madison hospital from Vermillion, who has been in several hospitals recuperating from a major car accident for almost a year.

https://www.keloland.com/news/eye-on-keloland/adapting-to-a-new-normal-vermillion-womans-road-to-recovery/

1196-1116. we also bagged up 20 more quilts for Valiant Living.  We just have 20 more to do for Valiant.

Thanks Karen for your good treats.

Our next work night is Oct. 10^th.

Thank you for your faithfulness.

Love, Joyce

No need to fear what God will ask of you, because in the asking 

is always the promise of grace to empower your heart and hands.

September 13, 2023. 1189.Leo&Judy. 1190.Shirley. 1191.Dick B. 1192.Barb B.

Good morning ladies.  What a great night we had last night.  We got lots of quilts pinned and tied…..we also got another 10 quilts put aside for Valiant Living…now we only have 30 more to go.

We prayed and gave quilts to 

1189.Leo & Judy, friends of Joyce’s sister-in-law, who have just lost their daughter-in-law to breast cancer and earlier their son to brain cancer…….

1190.Shirley, Steph’s great aunt, who had a new hip…

1191.Dick, who just had open heart surgery……

1192. Barb, who will be having surgery for breast cancer on Sept. 20^th.  

Continue to pray for each one of these individuals and pray for each one of our special team… pray for added strength for Marian…for patience and endurance for Tom & Amy as they care for Amy’s Mom…..for Mary’s parents as they learn a new way of surviving at the Bethel Community.

It was great to have Shan Reed join us…pray for her as she receives her Doctorate of Ministry on Monday and returns to Japan  Sept. 19^th.

Our next work night is Sept. 26^th.  Can you believe we only have 5 work nights left in 2023?!  We will have our Christmas brunch on Dec. 9^th and take the rest of the month off.

I just did my devotions in James.  James 1:27 tells us as Christians to give to the widows and orphans.  May we as the Choose Joy Quilters continue to reach out and love and give to those in need.  God has given us a mission.

Love you all,

Joyce

                  Live a life of hope….

                Don’t live a life of regret 

August 22 2023. 1184. Fabricia&Gilson 1185.The Sperl Family (Caleb). 1186.Jim. 1187.Scott. 1188.Jeff&Kristy

 Thanks ladies for your hard work.  Last night we got everything done that needed to get caught up on.  Now we need to get back to the 40 we have left to do for Valiant Living.

We prayed for 5  quilts…

1184.We did one for a new Chain of Love Housemother…..Fabricia&Gilson

1185.Caleb (the Sperl Family) a co-worker of Holly’s whose brother died out by the boundary waters 

3 for what my son Tom calls magic quilts for some of his co-workers and families…

1186.for Jim 

1187. Scott 

1188.Jeff and Kristy.

Many of our own quilters need prayers…..for Amy as she is with her Mom in Denver dealing with cancer, for Marian who just had some surgery, for Betty as she deals with some dizziness, for Ann and Mike as they recover from covid, for Maria’s husband.

Ou next work night is three weeks away….Sept. 12^th.   There will be 10 quilts to have the binding sewed so hope that some of you will have time to do some hand sewing.

 

Shan Reed will be joining us on Sept. 12^th.  Her birthday is Sept. 7^th so I told her I would make a birthday cake.  We will have a birthday party.

Thank you Karen for the delicious dessert.

Have a wonderful week.

Love, Joyce

The steadfast love  of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

August 9, 2023. 1175.Lyla. 1176.Maddox. 1177.Guyto. 1178.Fleurina. 1179.Guerlineda. 1180.Amanda. 1181.Skyberg Family. 1182.Sebastian 1183.Marian

 Wow! it was another good night …..very busy.We gave nine quilts so we just need to keep sewing and pinning but most of all praying.  We prayed for the Materese family with their new family..they joined us as we prayed for them…

1175.Lyla 

1176.Maddox

1177.Guyto

1178.Fleurina

1179.Guerlineda

1180.Amanda and baby who lost their dear husband and father….

1181.the Skyberg family who lost their husband and Dad in a family accident…

 1182.Sebastian, the young man who has lived in Joyce’s apt. this summer….

 1183.Marian with health issues.  

We also need to pray for Doug Tonsager who is in the heart hospital in Sioux Falls.

Thank you Ann for the special cookies and Holly for treats from Brazil.

Our next work night will be August 22^nd.

Remember each day to CHOOSE JOY.

Love, Joyce

Each day may we use WWJD as our model.

What would Jesus do?

July 25 2023 1172.Mike W 1173.Doc B 1174.Emily

 Ladies we had another good night and we were done with our work right at 7:00.

We did quilts for

1172. Mike who had a bike accident then found two closed arteries…..

1173 Doc B. Who has been in the hospital and now at home healing….

1174. Emily, a co-worker of son Tom in Minneapolis, who is fighting cancer.  

Pray for each one of these special people and for those who could not join us last night.

We continue to work on the last 40 quilts for Valiant Living.

Our next work night is August 8^th.  The summer is quickly going.

Remember to Choose and show JOY each day.

Love, Joyce

Encourage one another and build one another up.

I Thessalonians 5:11

July 12 2023 . 1169.Matt&Kelsey. 1170.Hollis. 1171.Reed Family

 Good morning dear friends….another nice rain shower.  God is good.

We missed many of you last night but got much done.

We did quilts for 

1169.Matt and Kelsey Stone…praying for them to adjust back to Madison and Matt on the WCB team….

1170. Hollis, Pam Rowland’s little grandson, who was attacked by a rooster…hurt his cornea…

1171. the Reed family who lost their home and possessions in a fire in Madison. 

Continue to remember these individuals in prayer:

Pray for Holly and family, who left on their mission trip to Chain of Love in Brazil, this morning….for Mary and her siblings as they prepare to move Mary’s parents to the Bethel Community…..for Amy as she travels to Denver to give her Mom encouragement and help…….for Deanna as she travels home from Michigan.

Thanks Maria for the beautiful wood plaque you gave for our sewing room.

Next work night us July 25^th.

Love, Joyce

CHOOSE JOY

Love, care, share, & always forgive

June 28 2023. 1167.Cameryn. 1168.Gary and Judy

 Good morning dear friends on a bright sunny summer day.

We had another great night last night.  We missed those who could not come but welcomed two new special ladies…Amanda Belisario and Lily Sunde.

We prayed for quilts for

 Cameryn, a little 4 year old who is very sick and in the hospital 

Gary and Judy…Gary has had a severe stroke and Judy is caring for him in their home.

We had good treats…cookies from Holly and cherries from Karen.  Thank you ladies.

Our next work night is  July 11^th.  Our big prayer will be for the Molascon’s as they leave on their big mission trip to Chain of Love in Brazil on July 12^th.

Thank you Karen for your faithful work of keeping out blog up to date: http://prayerquiltwcbc.blogspot.com/

My goal is to be able to get the 40 quilts for the workers at Valiant Living by the end of the year.  We don’t quilt in Dec. so we have some work to do.

Thank you for your continued support in our quilting mission.

Love, Joyce

Remember each day to CHOOSE JOY

God is so good