God is So Good

This is a loaves & fishes story. I went to the grocery store to buy food for Easter dinner. Near the entrance was a display with mixed bouquets of a dozen roses w/babies breath in very pretty pastel colors. I thought I’d buy a  bouquet for my dining room table for an Easter centerpiece. They were only $16, very inexpensive for how pretty they were. Near the flower display was a...

Spreading the Power of Giving and the Joy of Hooping to Haiti

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” -Luke 6:38 Happy House - Petit Goave, Haiti Thanks to the Ryan Nece Foundation and the Power of Giving, I was blessed with the opportunity to share God’s love with some pretty special kids at...

It doesn’t take much…

When I embarked on my 55 day mission, my expectations were clear, I simply wanted to give to a stranger each day by purchasing their coffee order in hopes that my small gesture would inspire someone else to give, and that person to do the same, etc so that the giving continued. I never really thought about what I would get in return as for me giving, is not about what you get, but what you give....

Spreading Cheer!

On December 22, 2009, Jermaine and Adrianne Phillips stopped by All Children’s Hospital to spread some much needed holiday cheer.   Patients greeted Jermanie and Adrianne with wide smiles and hugs as they made their way room-to-room around the hospital’s floors.  This was a day most of the patients and their family members wouldn’t soon forget. They handed out, to each patient, a...

How Kristi and I showed the “Power of Giving”

We recently had the opportunity to complete the mission Ryan set forth for us this past summer. We learned that our son’s 2nd grade teacher, who we’ve stayed in touch with even now that our son is in 5th, had family coming in to town for the Holidays. When we told them to have a great time…he hesitated. He then told us that it was because his nephew was being granted a...