When I was first given the opportunity to multiply the gift I was given for the good of God's Kingdom, I had no idea how to begin. My first instinct was to do something for children. I did not know which children. Nor did I know what I could do. I decided to take my seed of a thought to the experts...my kids. We discussed ideas over the dinner table for about a week. Then, as only divine guidance can do, the answer appeared out of the blue. I was asked by a customer if my company could help with donations of material and time to a new home for troubled single moms called The Summit House. I visited the battered old frat house they were renovating and considered what my company could do in the old place. That's when it hit me. I was talking to the director of the home, Yvette Morales, who was explaining how this corporation was giving care packages with toys, another was giving toiletries, still another was giving clothes. The question came from my lips before I realized I was asking it, "Who is giving care packages to repair these families' faith?" There was no answer. I quickly decided that the 10 mothers moving into this home along with their children would need access to God's word everyday. After a quick budgeting exercise we (Angel and the boys were key contributors) realized that we need to turn our $100 into $250 to get the children's Bibles and devotionals we wanted. A quick batch of warm apple cider and another of hot cocoa were all it took. We set up a table at the fall bazaar and the boys went into action. In 3 hours we sold about 6 gallons of warm beverages and generated all the cash we needed.

After a little red tape and a few waivers we have been cleared to visit the fully operational Summit House on January 14. We will present each of the 10 families with a copy of the same Children's Bible PPC gives to all newly baptized babies and a book of daily devotionals written especially for single mothers. The true blessing of this challenge has come to me through the enjoyment we shared as a family to make it all happen. I can not express the excitement I have to present the gifts to the ladies and explain to them why we did it. I will report again after we have made the delivery.