God's Goodness -- Part 2

Several have called asking about Jaxon. We took him to the doctor today and he has a double ear infection and little bronchitis. He got a shot, amoxicillin, and they said to continue doing breathing treatments. He is acting like he feels a TON better!! We just really need him to sleep tonight!

Here's part 2:
Katianne has found a house and is moving out this week. So, we've been looking for a bed for Payton so he can finally have his own room. I found this neat bunk bed on Craigslist, so I went to Cross Plains to look at it.

The lady who met me at the door is so nice and welcoming. I look at the bed and it's in mint condition and it's perfect for what we're wanting. I tell her that I want it, but we can't pick it up until Friday or Saturday and she says that's fine. Then, she says, "My daughter lives in Clyde." I was sure I wouldn't have a clue who she was talking about. Then, she says, "Her name is Glenda S___." I said, "Oh, I do know her! She goes to the coffee group I go to on Tuesday mornings!" Gosh! What a small world!

Then, Glenda's dad, Max, showed up. This was at the point that the lady asked me where I went to church. I told her Kingdom Life Fellowship and Max says, "So, you know Trueblood." By this time, I'm starting to connect some dots.

Max is a pastor of a church there in Cross Plains. At the beginning of November, Joel & Trish went to their church and they let Joel talk about the backpack program and the shoe thing that we're doing. They took up an offering and they gave us $400!!

Anyway, Max starts asking me how the backpacks is going and I'm all about telling whoever will listen how good God is with this program! There was a lady (of some kin from Colorado) sitting on the couch. He says, "Why don't you tell her about your backpacks?" So, I tell all there is to know about the backpack program -- how many kids we feed, what goes in a backpack, etc. Then, the lady says, "So, how would I go about starting something like this in Colorado?" I told her to just go to her local food bank and since it's a national program, they will have the information. I also told her that if she needed to, she could call me. By this point, we all have each other's phone numbers because of the bed.

Then, Max says, "So are you going to buy the bed?" I said, "Yes. It's exactly what we wanted." He says, "Well, my daughter really needed to sell that bed and since you're going to bless her, if you'll stop by the church on your way out of town, I'll bless your backpack ministry."

So, I stopped by the church and he gave me a check for $300!! I was blown away! When do you go to someone's house from a listing off of Craigslist, buy the item, and walk away with a check? I've not heard of that before!!

That was just a huge kiss from heaven for me. I know that will be a great connection to have and what wonderful people! They were so welcoming to me that I felt that I could stay there all afternoon!! At one point, Evan had gotten Jaxon all excited and Jaxon started coughing and then he threw up -- all over himself, me, and Norma's floor!! I was totally embarassed, but she went and got 2 rags and started helping clean us up. She wasn't worried one bit about her carpet. She was more worried that I had it on my jeans and he was covered in it. It was so amazingly sweet!

Anyway, they asked me if I knew Pam & Elliot and I said yes. He said to tell them hi (so, hi Pam -- from Max)!! Gosh! I can't wait to go back and actually pick the bed up!! It makes it even better knowing that by buying that bed, we really were blessing someone and it is definitely going to bless Payton!