Only $2.00 more per week

Recently we received an annual financial report from our church explaining the deficiate.
they mentioned that if each family would increase their offering gift by only $2.00 per week that they'd have enough and get caught up.

Which got me to thinking...  Every Sunday all 3 of our children eagerly hope to be the one that David gives our weekly offering envelope to so that they can place it into the basket as the usher pushes the long handled wicker basket down our pew in front of our laps...  Nora will try and get as far back as she can so that the usher has to really stretch out to get to her when it's her turn....

I remember as a child I had my very own church envelopes.  There were boxes to check if I was placing 0.25 .50 or .75 inside.  What if all 3 of my kids had their own envelopes and we did this together at home the night before after supper.

Any amount that they can share is a true gift that will be appreciated, and hopefully one day they will share this gift of giving with their own children! ;)

Praying for Rain and Texas!

 On facebook today I've seen at least a dozen ofmy Texas friends post this as their status:

Photo taken from the Beaumont Enterprise - click to go to the story

ATTENTION TX & SURROUNDING AREAS.. FIREMEN NEEDED. According to news, as of 4:15pm, the Bastrop fire is ZERO PERCENT contained. Begging for retired & any fireman to call number to help. Cannot contain town of Bastrop, 35 miles away...fire is 16 miles long, 6 miles wide, jumped Colorado river, evacuated entire town and also neighborhood called Steiner ranch of 5500* PLEASE EVERYONE REPOST EVEN IF NOT IN TEXAS.. SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS MAY BE. HELP!! Call 512-978-1187 Please REPOST

I keep checking this FIRE ACTIVITY SITE and while there are no wild fires near Orange, TX  it is so dry there that I can't help but worry about my friends and their homes.  Praying for rain and lots of it for the whole state of Texas!