The Blessing Closet

                                                       VOLUNTEERS
Wednesday night the Lifeway Haven ministry for women was visited by some eager volunteers.  They have heard of the new transitional home for incarcerated ladies to transition into for the 2 yr. program.  Second changes are wonderful for us all AND we ALL need 2nd chances.

We have 12 beds ready, an EX-Large kitchen, screen porch, gathering room for games, and a living room for meetings and movies.  There is one last room that is VERY much a necessity....the clothing closet.  Since most of our items are donated, we call our closet the Blessing Closet. It has been transformed from a broken down, drab room and had an upgrade!  Coach painted the dull walls light blue.  Roy, our handyman, built the racks.  After Coach painted the boards for shelves, stained the rods, they put them up together.  Wow, it's BIG!

Our director, Melinda, has been washing, ironing, and hanging boxes of donations.  We brought 5 black garbage bags full also from our church, Covenant Church, in Willis, TX.  Now, we had to put this room together.  Of course we got that special call that a group of ladies wanted to come and do a project for us.  Melinda and I knew what it was....the Blessing Closet!!!!!   It was overwhelming to think of organizing all those clothes.  Coach put together too large shelving units from Sam's Club for each of the 2 rooms.  Now, we only needed the ladies.

Volunteers working in the Blessing Closet

Wednesday night after a nice dinner together, we attacked the room.  (lots of hormones in that room !!!)   What would have taken us days together, it was completed, tidy, and all finished in 1 1/2 hr. !  Amazing work done by these ladies.  Thursday, one of our Mennonite volunteers, Leon, came and she and I cleaned about 70 pairs of shoes and boots.  Now, we're headed to the other room to begin filling it too for our ladies.

It really was like watching Gideon's army at work in that room.  We are So grateful for this level of participation and helping hands.  We all believe that the baby is soon to be delivered!  We're ready for sure.

This is only 1/2 of the 1st room !!!!!

TY volunteers and donors of these BEAUTIFUL clothes, shoes, and so much more!!!!! How awesome is our God.  How deeply He cares for us all no matter our circumstances.  Most of the ladies will come in a set of men's clothing given to them by the prisons.  Don't you think they will smile when they see what their Father has arranged just for them !!!!!!!!!!!!