I remember

Fr John often thinks of others before himself.Why I remember the time he had so much trouble breathing that I took him to Kimball Hospitol in Lakewood.It had snowed the night before about 5 inches and the roads were so icy .Since Fr John has COPD he oftens visits the E.R. usually a couple of breathing treatments and a shot while on oxygen and he is able to go home .But this day he seemed to be in ...more distress than before.The doctors said"they were going to keep him for a few days since the breathing treatments weren't working as well as they had expected. While Fr John gasped for each breath we noticed a pregnant woman who walked by his room.She had flip flops on and a sweater. Right there I knew what Fr John was thinking while he kept tapping me on my arm pointing to the woman. He wanted me to see if this woman might need some assistance starting with shoes.
So I walked over to the woman who was concerned about her sister who had been taken via ambulance earlier. She was a pleasant woman and looked to be about 30 yrs old .She told me her and her sister could both need some help once her sister gets out of the hospital.She gave me her phone number and then she kept saying"you really will give us some clothes and shoes right? I told her if we didn't have any in our garage knowing Fr John we would buy them.After seeing how poorly she was dressed for the weather how could we not.I went back and told Fr John she was more than appreciative. In fact she was so happy she added her sister needed stuff too.Fr John smiled and told me "now don't forget she will need baby clothes since she is pregnant.
It took us about a week but we delivered the stuff.Thats right Fr John was out of the hospital in a few days and he went for the delivery.
You would of thought we were celebrities the way they were acting when we arrived. Especially after they found out Fr John was a priest. They wanted us to come in and visit.They wanted to even cook us something. Fr John asked"what do you have in mind to make,they told him they could make a pasta dish.So how could we say no ,we enjoyed our 1 hour visit.It was the longest I have ever spent doing a drop off so far.But the company and food was good.
It always amazes how caring Fr John is even when he is not feeling well himself.So you see I never know how those E.R. visits might go.Maybe next time I will drawl the curtain,lol

RECENT BABY CLOTHES DONATIONS (which we always need

BOB

BOB FROM BROWNS MILLS NJ
Bob emails us several times a year letting us know who he thinks might need some items. He never asks for himself. The first time we met Bob it was at the Acme parking lot in Browns Mills. He had a car that looked like it saw better days. He looked like he needed a shave and had a very worn looking jacket on.He wanted us to possibly bring some Christmas presents to a mom with 2 young children staying at a local motel. We asked what the ages and sex were of the children and what room were they staying at. After he gave us the information we assured him we would put them on our list. The real reason for meeting him was he had originally emailed us asking for a blanket and some socks for someone who he knew was homeless. We never asked him how he knew these people. After all we were just happy to help. Over the past 5 yrs we have helped those who Bob has directed us to. We have not heard from Bob this past year but,we just recently found out that he himself was homeless and living in his car. He often went to St Anns church at the food pantry and some of the items he received he gave to others. When he slept in his car at nights he would park behind a blueberry farm. It amazes us to think someone who was in a dire situation himself never thought of his own needs but others. People like Bob are a true blessing. Unselfish, compassionate and caring .Makes one wonder how he became homeless. Was it he just gave up on life,had he lost his home or have an addiction problem or perhaps had a mental illness. We will never know what happened to Bob but we are sure wherever he is he is looking out for others.

PRAYER REQUEST

A woman name Yilan who always donates to us several times a year has been in a serious accident. She has had surgery inn hopes of fixing all the fractures she sustained when she was runned down in a parking lot. She also has 2nd degree burns. Please pray for a speedy recovery for this young mom of 2.Fr John is going to the church to light a candle and pray today. We hope that who ever reads this will take a few minutes out of your busy schedule and think of her.

A NEIGHBOR ASKS US A QUESTION????

A NEIGHBOR ASKED US TODAY IF WE GET MANY THANK YOU's FOR WHAT WE DO.answer-NO we get very few thank you's but we don't do this to see who is going to be thoughtful enough to say Thanks , although it would be nice.WE DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN and because it is what GOD would want us to do.Lets just say if we had to hold our breath waiting for a thank you we would of been dead,lol

Thank you Stacy from Swedesboro for the truckload of nice items.
Thank you Debbie for the Halloween candy
Thank you to our neighbor Artie for a small box of baby boy clothes
Thank you to our neighbor Christine for the cat picture and small bag of women's clothes

Request from Peachess

Peachess needs 4t girl clothes and PJs asap.Little girl has been wearing the same clothes for some time now.If anyone can help please email Peachess at pncchy@yahoo.com


Peachess also needs some baby clothes.