Winter and Spring 2025
We took a few weeks off the first part of January to rest, and the weather was not in favor to be outside!!! We headed back to the park in the middle of January and it was so fun to see everyone! First United Methodist and Brenham Pregnancy Center joined us for their usual night of the month. They are always there the 2nd Monday of the month! We had a new partner join us, Hearts Haven Ranch, they brought precious barn animals. They are usually at every dinner unless they have an emergency! The third Monday of the month brought us freezing temperatures so we skipped dinner! We braved the cold the last week with the 4-H Salem club and Hazel the blind goat!
February brought back story time and beautiful weather! We met Ellie the cow and little Miss Maizie the cow. Center Church, First United Methodist, National Charity League and New Beginnings Church partnered to serve. First United Methodist Youth joined us for craft,We served some family favorites, spaghetti, nacho’s and chicken spaghetti. You could tell it was still a little quiet, but the park was beginning to feel full for the start of spring! Slowly we have begun to introduce partners who are sharing their heart about Jesus on Monday nights! Thanks Chris and Corben.
Spring showed up and we got to feed lots of people!! Brenham Blessings and The Junior Heritage Belles brought 100 boxes filled with snacks for families over spring break!!! Twin City Missions joined us with crafts and mental health resources. It’s so wonderful to see the community come together. We have a few new partners join us to serve, Hands of Hope and Greenvine Lutheran Church! Thanks Greenvine Lutheran for sponsoring taco night! We loved meeting new animals from Hearts Haven Ranch.
April brought our First Easter in The Park!! We partnered with Vineyard Church, they shared the word and lead us in worship. We provided lunch and served 160 meals! Thanks to High Hope Care Center and The NCL for stuffing over 1000 Easter eggs for the kids! Oh, and Hearts Haven Ranch brought a lamb and donkey, how precious! During Maifest we set up at Henderson Park and had pulled pork sandwiches catered by Royers Cafe and Brenham Pickleball served! Thanks to our Gather n Grace Volunteers for showing up and serving every Monday night. We are grateful for all our partners.
This year we have seen more partners link arms with us, our volunteers continue to deliver Tuesday to-go’s to 50 homebound individuals. Prayer becoming more available at dinner and Sunday’s in the park become a more frequent experience!!
Thanks to y’all’s donations we were able to serve nearly 3000 meals this year!
Summer 2025
It’s hard to believe we are through another summer and school starts next week! We had lots of rain this summer and it kept it cooler until AUGUST! We kicked off the summer with Kona Ice, a movie in the park, (but, the screen caught fire so we had to do the following, yikes!) Brenham Pregnancy Center, The Chick fil A cow, and Mazie the cow from Hearts Haven Ranch.
The summer was full with new volunteers and community partners. Young Men’s Service League joined us and showed up BIG. They played with the kids, served on the food line, and did crafts! It was sweet to see the parents enjoy a little quiet time, and the littles look up to the BIGS. They are a hard working group! South Central Board of Realtors provided dinner the first week of June so I could celebrate my 50th with family!!! They provided BBQ sandwiches and passed out over 300, what a blessing.
We stayed strong through the summer with our Tuesday meal deliveries too! Delivering about 35-50 every week to those homeless or home bound. They love Tuesday’s! Brenham Pregnancy Center continues to partner with us every 2nd Monday of the month with resources and diapers. Love partnering with Mason and Katlyn. Brenham Cheer Team joined us this summer too! They are a wonderful group of girls! Excited to see what we get to do together this fall.
We have a full time prayer partner team! Corben and Tiffany Thomas have jumped in and partnered with us to provide mentorship and praying every week!! What a gift.
We ended the summer with a Back to School Bash! Over 200 plates served, Diapers with Brenham Pregnancy Center, Kona Ice, Bounce House donated and manned by the YMSL, stuffed backpacks donated by Brenham Cheer Team and Stacy and Scott Koteras, Brenham Children’s Museum set up and Emily Tockza, Braelynn from Mimosa and Uptown Roots provided hair cuts!
A few of my favorite stories of the summer are… a family member said, “y’all make me want to be a better person”. He’s cautious and been hurt before but we’ve seen the light on his face come back. Another family member comes running out from getting her hair cut and said, “I cut it off! It was a reminder of my abuse and it was time to let it go!!” What joy. A precious child said, “How did you know I wanted a green back pack?” We replied, “God told us, that’s how much He loves you!!! He told us what color to get you!!!” His eyes and smile grew 10X’s with awe and wonder. The doesn’t need much, He just needs us to surrender and be willing to walk in our calling.