January 2024
After the Christmas and NYE break we ran into lots of bad weather, we had to cancel our first family dinner due to flooding and a tornado watch!! The following week we were iced in, but we put a message out to send us addresses and we door drop dinner! Rick and I loaded up the truck with lasagna to go boxes and delivered to 15 different families and 2 motels…it was a good night!
Finally the weather cleared and we got to start having dinner back in the park!! And, our first volunteer organization, Mom’s of America joined us to serve, thanks y’all! It was a crazy month of weather, but it was good to be back in the park and feeding God’s people. And, we were honored with 2023 Non-Profit of the year from Washington County Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to everyone that voted and picked us, we love living our dash.
February 2024
The month of love began with 400 hand made truffles by Bentley and Grandma! Over the last year our volunteer opportunities have grown with story time and crafts! The kids are loving story time and making crafts, and the parents enjoy the extra time to visit! For Valentine’s Brenham’s ECLC joined us to serve and brought cupcakes and all the fixings for everyone to make their own. It was a fun night. One of my favorite night’s was February 19th, when we decided to move the prayer table, blessing bags, bibles and resources to the other side of the pavilion. We usually have those tables right as you walk into the pavilion but the Lord told me to cast the net to the other side and that night we got to pray with more people than we have before! It was a precious time, thanks to the men of St. Matthew’s for serving with us! To end the month the Brenham High School Bowling Team joined us to serve, it was everyone’s favorite menu, nacho’s and birthday cake! Grateful to everyone that continues to support us to serve over 600 this month!
March 2024
Phew, it was a full month at the park! Spring Break, beautiful weather, and Easter! We have seen an influx in the amount of to-go plates and we wondered, how can we make a deeper impact? So, we began writing scripture and words of encouragement on the to-go plates. We wish that everyone would stay around the table at the park but we don’t know what seeds have been planted. God is always working when we can’t see. Thanks to Brenham Next and Gordon Foods for serving with us! For Easter, Wonderhill Farms joined us and hid 2500 Easter Eggs, there were kids every where! The carousel was open and they brought their miniature donkey, Brewster!! It was heaven on earth! A huge thank you to BVCASA for sponsoring the month of March, y’all made it possible to serve over 1,000 family members in the park alone. We saw a growth in our blessing bag needs and are passing out 20-40 a night! Thanks to Harvest House Publishing House for donating a months worth of devotionals for everyone to enjoy!!