Our good friend Jamie planned a Thanksgiving Dinner for the less fortunate at our church this year. We had volunteers from six churches in our area to cook the food and serve as volunteers at the event. In our little town it is a miracle to get six churches together to do anything! Heck, the Southern Baptist Church wouldn't come to the Commmunity Thanksgiving Service because a woman was speaking....guess, you gotta take a stand somewhere (insert sarcasm).

Anyway, the dinner was awesome! We had truly needy people show up to eat and have some fellowship. Rich, the gentleman that we sat with, is going to lose his apartment in 2 weeks if he doesn't find a job. He wanted to talk more than eat, and I was happy to oblige. He shared with us the miracles that he sees God doing in his life... Then Jamie packed up to-go boxes with food and sent the teenagers out to the hospital and gas stations to give then a Thanksgiving Dinner. In my opinion, this is one of the few times I've seen our church, or any church in our area, express the heart of Jesus.

Let me tell you about Jamie. Jamie is a fireball. She is the kind of person that won't let anyone stand in her way. I love that about her! She loves to laugh and is the life of the party, and has a heart for the less fortunate. God is doing some cool things in her life! Though our church staff made it difficult to pull this off she forced it through, and once again, God was present when the church existed to bless people with no ulterior motive.