Cards & a Birthday

Sharon, Dan & Genette

Summer is always slow when it comes to warriors and their families coming to Nebo for a respite weekend. Everyone is vacationing, entertaining visiting family & friends, etc. However, last Saturday Dan and Genette Burgess brought their two daughters out for the day.We also had several "local" women joins us.

Dan & Genette explaining how to wrap the string.

Dan offering assistance.













 Lisa having fun with the Butterfly card she designed.

Sharon's group fine tuning "Sea Horse" card.

My "Creations" (thanks to our Artists/Teachers).

What a treat, we left with four beautiful handmade cards!!

    

Kaylee blowing out the candles on her birthday cake. 

We got to help Kaylee celebrate her birthday.

Vedena, Sharon & Jackie

Vedena, (from Doss) is one of the local women
that joined us for the day.

Jackie, set aside her designing talent and focused on
providing lunch.  It was wonderful!!

After lunch Gracie, Kaylee & Christopher got acquainted & made bracelets on a loom.

 It's always a blessing having children join us.

 Oh yes, they also made cards with us. In fact they are more experienced & skilled at it than I.   But they are very patient and helpful when I "stumble".

I am so excited about so many things!!!! The Fredericksburg Satandard-Radio Post, our local paper, put a large article in this week's edition. It was deeply needed and deeply appreciated. We have to raise the awareness of events that we would like to provide the wounded warriors, because we need donations of time and money to make them happen. Secondly, we have finally made contact with the Naval and Marine wounded warriors. Most with whom we have worked with are in the army. I love the army and each and every soldier I have gotten to know. But, my husband is a retired Marine Lt.Col. and his one request was to make sure that we were helping the Marines as well as the soldiers. Yahoo! There is hope that we will be able to do that!!!!! Next, I got a call today from the EMS/Fire Department in our rural area assuring me that if we had any medical emergencies while the warriors were with us they could be there in minutes. They gave me an easy way to get in touch with them. Finally, there was what some people call a coincidence, but my friends and I refer to them as God-incidences. So many of our warriors want to go fishing. SO, we have been looking for a place where the guys,gals, and their families can fish. We were specifically searching for a place that not only had water and fish, but also was wheel chair accessible. I knew that the person I was talking to about EMS in our area was an outdoorsman. So, I mentioned the fishing idea to him. He said,"What a coincidence. I just leased my land with the creek running through it to the The Hill Country Fly Fishemen. He is going to help us get in touch with them. And guess what - he said he knew of several spots along the creek that would be easy for a wheel chair to access.