1. December 2nd came along and so did a post about Dressember. Dressember is all about your standing up for what is right for women - celebrating in our femininity and remembering those who do not have the freedom to celebrate. With thousands of other women I wore a dress or skirt for 29 days of December. The absolute longest I have ever gone without a pair of pants on! I also made a donation to International Justice Mission on behalf of those who are still in slavery.
2. We have sponsor children in Mexico at a children's center that our church works for. 2 of our sponsor kids have left the program and we have 3 remaining in the program. Our family bought and shipped gifts to all 5 of the children. To our amazement and delight, our sponsor Mom had already warned her kids that they would be getting no gifts that year as she couldn't afford to buy them anything but a team from Canada showed up to her doorstep with our gifts on Christmas Eve!! What an amazing blessing to know that our gifts came at the perfect time and we were able to bless their family with a beautiful Christmas.
3. I have a missionary friend named Sarah Gilman who lives in Haiti. I visited her about 4 years ago and we are like kindred spirits. She and I can go years without seeing one another and then when we do, we talk like old ladies, hardly coming up for air. It is a wonderful friendship and this year she was blessed with tickets to go home to Canada for Christmas. Her family lives on the other side of the country so instead of getting a visit in, I sent her a donation so she could purchase some much need personal supplies before heading back to Haiti.
4. I came across a posting on Facebook that there was a new family in town that was in need. I managed to contact the family and they said they really needed a dresser as they had two small children and no furniture. The kids and I said out to the Thrift Store to find one that was good quality and no too much money. By the third shop, I prayed that if God wanted us to bless this family with a dresser that he would have one here for $40 and that it would fit in the back of our vehicle. Sure enough, that is exactly what happened. Caleb and I delivered it the next day and she really did have NO furniture so it was a fantastic way to be a blessing.
5. Bless a teacher - I know how so many teachers had struggled because of the strike last year and wanted to bless one of the kids teachers with a fun family gift so I bought a groupon to Castle Fun Park and sent it via email to one of the kids teachers from last year just to bless her for her diligence in teaching.
6. Drop change randomly at a children's playground! This was a fun one. The girls and I headed out to our favourite playground and hid change all over the playground, on the ground, in the trees, etc. We wanted to stay and watch it be found but knew that it might take awhile before someone came so we left happy to know some kids would be having an amazing day at the playground! Thank you so much to Amy and Jakey and Katie for donating your change.
7. School moms went out to High Street for a get-together before Christmas and we asked a random girl to take our picture. After she took the picture below, she asked if we knew of a shelter nearby. I started on my phone to try and find one that was available and I was shocked to find that all of them were full!! Well, we couldn't leave her there in the cold so my friend Veronica and I figured we'd drive her to the nearest hotel and put her up. She was on her way to Vancouver to be with her daughter who was getting some testing done at Children's Hospital. Our hearts were tugged and I am so thankful we were at the right place at the right time. Thank you so much to the Klassen family for paying for her hotel.
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