when this girl gives a call for help, you people answer. wow, thanks. what a platform i have; and my job to use it to the best of my abilities.
thank you for listening to my idea and running with it. in less than 24 hours after i posted the blog about the prayer bracelets, i couldn't keep up with my email fast enough. such a simple little thing, but together we are going to be able to help that city; monetarily and with our prayers. i am so thankful.
more bracelets are in the works and i will make them as long as there are orders and interest. i would love to send money weekly, monthly, as often as possible as long as needed and bracelets are being made and shipped.
thank you. thank you for being interested.
thank you for wanting to help.
thank you for making my thumbs sore from all these bracelets.
i am thankful.
and i am wearing my bracelet tonight as i type. actually, i haven't taken it off.
tonight on the news, brian williams said, "there's no shortage of nice people in this world, we just have to keep telling their stories."
speaking of nice people:
today was a personally hard day, i have been going through some yuck lately and today it all came to a head. in the midst of my hurt and bad day, i received an unexpected gift from two friends. undeserved and overwhelmingly kind gifts, no reasons, just because.
like brian willams said, "there's no shortage of nice poepl in this world, we just have to keep telling their stories."
i'm holding tight to that tonight. and yes, that quote was good enough to type twice.
p.s. good thing i have the craftiest and sweetest mother in law ever, because looks like we have bracelets to make over christmas! thank you.
if you missed the last post about getting a bracelet, you can read it here.
if ya don't want to read that post but want to know more, well, here ya go.
prayer bracelets for sandyhook:
$10.00 per bracelet
$7.00 to newtown family and children services and $3.00 to cover the cost of supplies.
please contact me directly through my email only.
jessicadukes@me.com
and i will paypal you for your total number of bracelets and then ship them out.
thanks for making a difference.
and hug those babies just a little tighter tonight before they go to sleep.
and don't forget to spread the good stories, the stories of love, of hope, of joy...they are out there. you don't have to look to hard to find them.
and smile at a stranger.
you might save a life.
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newtown :: prayer bracelets
here's what i know for sure.
i have thought and prayed more for connecticut this weekend than i ever knew possible. every time i would hear something new, anything, i would pray. pray for the hearts of those families that are burying their little ones this week. praying for the families of the teachers, principles and other adults that tragically lost their lives as well.
and for once in my life, i was thankful that it wasn't my turn at being a mother. because even though i thin i can feel the hurt because i have loved on so many children in my life, i still know that i can't truly fathom the pain like a parent.
brad and i went to see "argo" this weekend [good movie, go see it] but while we were there, i could not stop thinking about newtown. and felt compelled to do something, anything.
but what could i do?
halfway through the movie i leaned over to "do not talk or breath loudly in the theatre" brad and said "can you drop me off at michaels when we leave here" and the ideas would not stop pouring.
i needed to make a prayer bracelet.
i wanted to use pink and blue beads to represent the boys and girls whose lives were lost; and wanted to use six of one color and seven of the other to represent their ages.
the idea is that every time i looked down and saw my wrist a week from now, a month from now, a year from now...that i would pray for their hurt. that jesus would comfort them and let them feel peace, hope and love.
several times since saturday, i have just covered my bracelet with my other hand and just prayed for the city.
i would never, ever pick a bracelet with both pink and blue but its more about what it represents than the colors that i am wearing. my hope is that so many people will want one that when others start to see bracelets on others, that they will know what they represent.
the back is simple brown beads. over all, it is a pretty bracelet and wears well.
info:
total cost for bracelet: $10.00
$7.00 will go to the city of newtown and $3.00 will cover the cost of the beads.
if you would like one, please send me a email at:
jessicadukes@me.com
with your email to charge your paypal and your mailing address.
i will be making them over christmas and then getting the orders out. i have had a TON of interest, so let's do this. just a simple reminder to pray and while we are at it giving to the city when they are broken and need us the most.
please feel free to share this blog and pass it on...and let's help the hurt the best way we can as we pray for newtown, connecticut.
i have thought and prayed more for connecticut this weekend than i ever knew possible. every time i would hear something new, anything, i would pray. pray for the hearts of those families that are burying their little ones this week. praying for the families of the teachers, principles and other adults that tragically lost their lives as well.
and for once in my life, i was thankful that it wasn't my turn at being a mother. because even though i thin i can feel the hurt because i have loved on so many children in my life, i still know that i can't truly fathom the pain like a parent.
brad and i went to see "argo" this weekend [good movie, go see it] but while we were there, i could not stop thinking about newtown. and felt compelled to do something, anything.
but what could i do?
halfway through the movie i leaned over to "do not talk or breath loudly in the theatre" brad and said "can you drop me off at michaels when we leave here" and the ideas would not stop pouring.
i needed to make a prayer bracelet.
i wanted to use pink and blue beads to represent the boys and girls whose lives were lost; and wanted to use six of one color and seven of the other to represent their ages.
the idea is that every time i looked down and saw my wrist a week from now, a month from now, a year from now...that i would pray for their hurt. that jesus would comfort them and let them feel peace, hope and love.
several times since saturday, i have just covered my bracelet with my other hand and just prayed for the city.
i would never, ever pick a bracelet with both pink and blue but its more about what it represents than the colors that i am wearing. my hope is that so many people will want one that when others start to see bracelets on others, that they will know what they represent.
the back is simple brown beads. over all, it is a pretty bracelet and wears well.
info:
total cost for bracelet: $10.00
$7.00 will go to the city of newtown and $3.00 will cover the cost of the beads.
if you would like one, please send me a email at:
jessicadukes@me.com
with your email to charge your paypal and your mailing address.
i will be making them over christmas and then getting the orders out. i have had a TON of interest, so let's do this. just a simple reminder to pray and while we are at it giving to the city when they are broken and need us the most.
please feel free to share this blog and pass it on...and let's help the hurt the best way we can as we pray for newtown, connecticut.
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