Karing Kitchen, Christmas, 2008

Dana and her crew did a great job of making this Monday a special night at Karing Kitchen. We had live music, gifts, decorations, gifts, cupcake decorating, gifts, and, of course, Santa, who made his grand entrance just as the singers were belting out "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"!






Some of the "kids" participated eagerly!




















But for some, this old white man was a scary thing!


























And then some of us felt like this by the end of the evening!










Did I mention we had lots of gifts?!?!
Merry Christmas and PEACE to the city!

The Cremation Story

This week, one of my friends from the Karing Kitchen called with a huge problem. He had recently moved to Dallas to stay with some relatives, and his wife died this week. She wanted to be cremated, but the family had no money and no local contacts. They did not want to donate her body to medical research, which would have been free.


We worked on the problem together and found a Dallas funeral home that offered basic, but complete, cremation service at a very reasonable cost. One catch was that the best price was available only if you downloaded the forms off the internet and faxed the completed forms to their office. So, I downloaded the forms, marked where they needed to be signed, arranged for someone to receive the fax and notarize the signature, and sent them on to Dallas. I then had to arrange payment for the service, but that was also easily set up.

So, what at first seemed to be a huge problem (insurmountable for my friend alone or with the help of his immediate family), was all taken care of. Now the family can grieve the loss of Betty Bagwell, and we have been able to express God's love to another neighbor. I look forward to seeing what our LORD will accomplish in this family. Hallelujah! The world is watching.....