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. 24th.
Love, Joyce
Remember to Choose Joy each new day.
God is good.
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.
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. 10th.
Thank you for your faithfulness.
Love, Joyce
is always the promise of grace to empower your heart and hands.
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. 20th.
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. 19th.
Our next work night is Sept. 26th. Can you believe we only have 5 work nights left in 2023?! We will have our Christmas brunch on Dec. 9th 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
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. 12th. 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. 12th. Her birthday is Sept. 7th 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
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 22nd.
Remember each day to CHOOSE JOY.
Love, Joyce
Each day may we use WWJD as our model.
What would Jesus do?
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 8th. 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
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.
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 25th.
Love, Joyce
CHOOSE JOY
Love, care, share, & always forgive
