5/8 HOPE stands for…

I was so thankful, grateful, and highly blessed to have received my very thoughtful gift bag. I am a firm believer if we have a breath in our lungs we have "HOPE". I also believe that "HOPE" stands for "Help Overcome Painful Experiences".

Cindy

4/26 You all are food to my soul.

I am Humble and forever Grateful. Feeling God's Love and Mercy through your generous gift, but more important is that the financial blessing was to receive the gift of your love and prayers for me and my family.
These past few months have been very difficult and challenging. I've found myself in an environment filled by anger and hate. My faith and being have been tested and somehow the good Lord carried me through.
I wanted you to know that your precious gift is both a Blessing and an expression of God's unwavering love for all of us. You all are food to my soul. I was Blessed to have the Boutique for 11 years and cherish the memories of all the precious families that came through my door.
Thank you again, forever your sister in Christ.
Sandra

4/26 An ambush of joy!

What on earth just happened?? I was out walking my dog after a really discouraging day at work. I am a therapist at a high school and this was one of these days where you don't feel that you are helping at all and every client seems to be struggling. There was a woman at my door who handed me an envelope of cash. I don't even know what to say or think as nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Thank you so much for reminding me that there are good people in a world that is increasingly scary.

Paula

4/5 Idaho Falls Thank You

Two days after Christmas my husband took his owe life. We have two beautiful children that I am now trying to raise alone. I have been praying to my Heavenly Father fervently... and the answer I have received over and over again has been gratitude. The only way for me to find hope and joy has been through a grateful heart. It has been in recognizing the tender mercies from heaven and in recognizing just how much my Father in Heaven is aware of my little family. Today I was given an envelope with cash inside. My co-worker said a little girl dropped it off. I find myself once again so incredible grateful. Thank you so much to the 12 Ordinary Women and the family that somehow reached out to you.

-Alaina

…to the 12 Ordinary Women from Isanti County

Thank you so much to the 12 Ordinary Women from Isanti County for the wonderful gift card! It was so thoughtful and so unexpected! Thank you so much for the kind words, I am not sure I deserve them all, but thank you so very much! it was wonderful to use some of it to buy some Easter gifts. ,
Becky

Franklin TN thank you for remembering me!

Thank you so much for the surprise gift you had delivered to me yesterday including two large packages of Keebler Vienna Fingers and two large pecan danish. Someone in your group must have know that Vienna
Fingers are my favorite cookie, and they are sometimes hard to find in stores. Sometimes even with family near by, it is easy to feel forgotten in a facility such as this which is a long way from the home where your lived for ninety years.

Thanks again for remembering me and Blessings to all of you!

Bob Johnston

The Hearth

Franklin, TN

3/28 It was EXACTLY what I needed!

I wanted to extend a deep, sincere thank you for a visit and gift I received today from 12 Ordinary Women. I have been very discouraged over the last several months. I have been earnestly praying, seeking God and asking Him for help, and if he even hears me. Today at work I felt sick, I was having a lot of pain in my body. I silently was wishing if only I could get a massage. My checking account was overdrawn and I was hoping not to bounce anything before the 1st. I was so down, but keeping it to myself, so I didn’t affect anyone else. While on a FaceTime session 2 ladies came in and introduced themselves. I can’t remember if they even said their names, I was so surprised. One was very tall and one was very tiny! They told me there was a group of women praying for me, that see me… they gift was a spa day and cash and a necklace that had “hope” on it. Right on my FaceTime I burst into uncontrollable crying, and couldn’t stop. It was EXACTLY what I needed and answered me, that God does see and hear me. I wish I could have spent more time with them. Thank you so much for your faithfulness. Thank you for your generosity and for listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit. I do feel hope today, that everything will be ok, and will be worked according to His purpose. Thank you again for ministering to me! Love, Sharee

3/23 …of all days they came on a day that was most difficult for me.

Yesterday was an extremely difficult day after leaving my oncologist office. We have gotten to a point in my treatment with my brain cancer, where we are trying tricky things to try and get the cancer stble. I was very emotional, depressed, hopeless, it was just a really hard day. Then we get a knock on the door from two women who are a part of this amazing group. They gifted me a beautiful, devotional book, as well as a card with a tremendous gift inside. Tears started to flow before I even opened the card and saw the gift, because I thought it was such a God thing that of all days they came on a day that was most difficult for me. I cannot thank this group enough for blessing me as much as they have. We all held hands and prayed together before they left and I just want to say I am truly grateful. May God bless all of you. Thank you so much.

Love, Dana