February 25, 2020. 676.Karen. 677. Sherry and Don. 678.Cecily B and family. 679.Larry O. 680.Leon &Marsha A.

We had another wonderful night but I need to apologize my clock was wrong.  I dropped it in the afternoon when I set the sewing machine under it.  I did not look at the time when I put it back up.  It was 20 minutes fast.  I could have cracked the whip for another 20 minutes!!

We did quilts for 

676. Karen…an older lady that works at Sunshine..her husband has been in the nursing home and just passed away….

677. Sherry and Don Bauman who just lost their son in a grain bin accident near Elkton….Sherry is Billie Hoekman’s sister and went to West Center for years…

678. Cecily Bauman, the wife, and her three little children, Evelyn, Weston, & Sawyer…

679.  Larry Olesen…Larry is the father of one of Noah’s best friends……Larry had a stroke and is in ICU in Sioux Falls

680. Leon and Marsha Anderson who just lost their son in an automobile accident.  

Continue to pray for Holly.  It has been one year since her Mom went to her heavenly 

home.

Next quilt night will be March 10^th.

Thank you for your faithfulness.

Love, Joyce

“Joy points upward.”

February 12, 2020. 670.Jackie S 671.Susan N. 672.Justin T 673.Larry F 674.Sarah N 675.Betty N

Good afternoon ladies.  It is a good day to spend down in my basement quilting on the quilts.  The wind came just like they said.

Thank you ladies for making each quilt night a good one.  I appreciate each one of you.  We need each one of you and our prayer time is most important.  May we continue to thank God and raise up each one of the people getting quilts.  We did quilts for 

670. Jackie Salmen….this was a thank you quilt for all the work she does to help us out at the church….

671. Susan N. who works at the nursing home….Remember Susan as she has bladder surgery on Monday….

672.  Justin Tucek…a 21 year old Madison graduate who has had numerous heart surgeries…Justin’s story was in the Feb. 5^th Madison Daily Leader…….

673. Larry French dealing with cancer and the chemo issues…….

674. 675. Sarah and Betty Nelson…friends of Marci’s…Sarah has numerous health       issues…..Betty, her Mom, is Sarah’s caregiver. 

 Continue to pray for Reg and Marli Wiese  for the rest of her term in Pierre.  Pray for the young man Trent Hofer….Trevor’s friend who was killed in a skiing accident….for Trevor’s family going through some hard medical times.    Pray for Diann Balling who is going  through some hard times…pray for healing .  Pray for Joanne Jensen who has gone into the nursing home.  Pray that she may return to her apartment.

Next quilt night is Feb. 25^th.

Thank you Marian for the delicious angel food.  I enjoyed another piece for lunch today.

 (And Happy Birthday to this young Lady!)

Continue through it all to CHOOSE JOY.

Love, Joyce

• Loving like Jesus means you accept other people the way Jesus accepts us….and when 

His love flows through us its possible for us to love others unconditionally.

January 29, 2020 665.Erin 666.Corleen 667.Mark H 668.Kendrick 669 RogerS

Good morning ladies.  What a beautiful morning with all the frost on the trees……another one of God’s touches.

We had a great night last night.  We had a great night because of the faithfulness of EACH one of you……remember you are all very important in this mission.  May God continue to bless this mission…..it is all about the prayer’s.

We did quilts for:

665. Erin is a young 34 year old with two little boys and a husband.  She has very aggressive breast cancer……

666. Corleen, a relative of Joyce, dealing with breast cancer…..

667. Mark Hollingsworth who had back surgery…….

668.  Kendrick a little baby dealing with many health issues……

669.for Roger Schrepel who will be having extensive shoulder surgery on Friday.  

Keep each one of these individuals in prayer.

Don’t forget the bridal shower for Amanda (Rowland) Zacharias on Feb. 8^th.  Amanda came to help with the prayer quilts a couple of years ago.

Be on the alert for anyone who could use our prayers.  It is so wonderful to have a rack full of quilts again.  If there is a need they are ready.

Next quilt night is February 11^th.

You are all special to me and to God.

Love, Joyce

Like roses in a garden, kindness fills the air

With a certain bit of sweetness as it touches everywhere.

For kindness is a circle that never, never ends

But just keeps ever-widening in the circle of our friends.

For the more you give, the more you get is proven every day,

And so to get the most from life you must give yourself away.

January 15 2020 660.Harold Hofman 661.Goob Moss 662.Phil S. 663.Arlen L. 664.Kathleen

Good morning ladies.  It was so good to get together again to fellowship, sew, pin, iron, tie, and pray.  We prayed for

660.  Harold Hofman, Steve Hofman’s Dad.....Harold has brain and lung cancer

   

661.  Goob (Garrett) Moss who was in a logging accident….Goob is Marci’s friend

662. Phil S. who has cancer…..Marci works with Phil’s son

663. Arlen L. suffering with cancer….Karen’s Brother-in-Law

                                                                         

    664. Kathleen who was like a sister to Holly’s Mom…Kathleen is going through a very hard                     divorce.  

                                                                               

December 10, 2019. Christmas PARTY!!

Annual Christmas Party

We always get to have a Christmas Party!  That means no sewing (work!) but just fun and fellowship and lots of great food to share.  We usually give Joyce a gift card; this year she requested something different.  She asked us each to choose a fabric we thought represented ourself.  Then we played a game, to see who could match the fabric to the person who brought it.  Lots of fun!

Karen was the winner!  Thanks to Joyce for the beautiful Christmas table runner! And the fat quarters from Marci!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

December 3, 2019. A Christmas Celebration: Our Worth in Christ

Stephanie invited us to attend the annual lady’s Christmas event at her Dad’s (Mark Dixon) church in rural Salem.  We were served an amazing dinner, had great fellowship, listened to awesome music and heard Lauren Eberspacher talk about “the Soul felt it’s worth”.
Of course Marci H had to get a photo!  (Thanks Marci!)

God's Masterpiece

November 14, 2019

Good morning ladies and the sun is shinning.

This is part of the devotions that I read last night.

We are God’s masterpiece.  He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things He planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10

You are a masterpiece, not like the Mona Lisa, which hangs in a museum behind bulletproof glass, beyond the potentially damaging touch of dirty hands.  You are like a Stradivarius violin, whose true beauty and value is seen and experienced in its usefulness__especially when it is used by a master.  Being used by the master in this hurting world is thrilling.  The reason it feels so good to offer food to those who are hungry, a coat to those who are cold, companionship to those who are lonely, a home to a child who is alone, a quilt to warm many hearts (added by Joyce), is because this is what you were made for.  This is the beauty of the Master Jesus using your life.

I thought this really tied in with our mission.  There are so many needs and hurting people and as we draw close to another Christmas may we keep an eye out for those we can warm with our hearts and quilts.

Joyce