Care Packages 2022

 

Well, we have been dealing with COVID for much longer than we thought we would be.  We have been locked down, and recently over the holiday break, we were restricted once again in our ability to do things. Tough times.   Which calls for love and kindness.  

Sooooo,  once again, this January I decided it would be good to bless the children, youth, and young adults in our church with care packages.  NORMALLY we would be having our youth group prepare them for the University of Ottawa students, but this year it seemed right to bless our church one more time with them instead.  

So the few pics below are just what I did to bless our church.  THANK YOU to all who donated funds when asked to support this endeavor.  Here is the fruit of that donation : ) 

Here is what went into the boxes this time around : ) 

This time around we packed 125 boxes.  

The goodies waiting for their new home

Boxes taped and ready to be filled.  

Set up and ready for my family to pack them.  

Divided up to make packing easier.  

Almost filled. 

The theme is always CHOCOLATE! : ) 

This card was included in each box.  

It took about 2 hours to fill them all. 

Thanks Fam Jam for all the help. 

Sealing them with love.  

A short video of what I did 125 times.  : ) 

Actually, 250 times as I had to first seal the bottom of the boxes. 

The end result.  

Again, thanks FAM JAM.  Awesome work.  : ) 

Young Adults Pumpkin Carving Time - Oct 31, 2021

 

Well,  we just had our youth do some pumpkin carving this past week, and yesterday it was time for some of our young adults to do the same.  

After a meal together we gathered in my garage, once again, and this group took on the task of creating great things via a pumpkin. 

You can see that Jonah is really wanting to start.  : ) 

And so was Ashley : )  

The next two pics show her enthusiasm in wanting to get things moving along : ) 

Yes, Jonah, I wouldn't want Ashely mad at me either : ) 

We start with taking the top off and taking out the guts of the pumpkin.  

Casey getting into it.  

Then time to take out the seeds and fleshy part.  

This was a unique pumpkin, and Megan (after a suggestion by someone) decided to make Larry the Cucumber come alive.  

I'm a personal fan of Larry, so I was very excited to see how he would turn out : ). 

Casey wasted no time in getting his carving done : ) 

A job well done!  

Jonah, after much thought, decided to create Bill Bee.  

Larry is taking shape!!!  

Whoot! 

Ashley starting on her carving. 

A blue knife blade was something I had not seen before.  

Apparently, they are quite common.  Who knew.  

Sarah taking her time getting the guts out : ). 

Miranda decided to do yet another Dragon!  : ) 

And Rachael...well...let's just say she wanted the seeds to roast more than carving the pumpkin :) 

Larry is done!  

Nice job Megan.  

Megan offered to carve something for Rachael and she happily obliged and kept working on her pumpkin seed procurement.  

Getting serious.   : ) 

Nice work Megan. 

Jonah is almost done.  

Miranda's Dragon.  

Ashley's mustache man.  

Billy Bee Complete! 

Casey had to leave early and Sarah completed hers a bit later, but here are the other pumpkins completed. 

Again, very talented people when it comes to carving.  

Sarah's was completed before the tricker treaters arrived.  

Very well done! 

Sarah's lit up at night.  

And I was able to keep Larry the Cucumber (thanks Megan).  

Whoot! 

He lit up wonderfully : ) 

A great time was had by all.