Christmas time

I cannot believe that it is already almost Christmas time. Time really flies by when you are having fun. It's been a great year, a lot of changes. On Christmas day I will be doing my usual, going to the union rescue mission and serving Christmas dinner to the homeless.

We started doing this several years ago and now make it a regular thing to do. It only takes a couple of hours in the morning and it is the most rewarding experience you will ever have. I challenge anyone to do it. It makes you appreciate what you really have if you go and help feed the homeless.

It isn't all just dirty old drunk men like you think either. There are families and children and all types of people there. I usually spend about $100 worth of groceries to donate and then stay and serve dinner for about 2 hours. It's very sad to see the children with no home and no Christmas gifts. Last year I went out and bought some gifts for this little girl. She and her mother were living in their car because the Mom had lost her job. They had no other family and the father was killed in Iraq. The military is hopelessly slow and they were waiting on the death benefits to come through but still haven't gotten them. My friend JR who is the hotel manager gave them a room for 5 days after Christmas. That at least gave them a place to go. After that they were able to go stay with a cousin of the lady's in Ohio. Our Church gave them gas money to get there. It was horribly sad.

My point about all this is give. Most of us have so much, that if we gave a little it can really change someone's life. We received a letter from the lady back in July. They finally got a place and were getting the benefits from her dead husband. But there are many more people out there like that and it doesn't take any time at all to help. Please help if you can.