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