Oh friends –
today is the day!!
The big event revealed!
We get to!!
And I am giddy.
Seriously, giddy!!
I am so excited to unveil one of the most joyful events I’ve had the
privilege of being part of in a really, really long time.
Remember the wedding feast a few years ago?
A boatload of you gathered
shirts,
ties, shorts, undies, even personal pictures and letters
and together we had the amazing opportunity to dress the
orphaned street boys
for the wedding celebration of their lives?!!
And remember how a bloggy friend named Piper
donated her birthday gift card from Hobby Lobby
{tears welling}
and purchased all
the fixings to make boutonnieres for the street boys?
Never had the street boys, in their entire lives,
been given such love!
It was an unprecedented event!
You guys were so generous!
Then there was the crazy
Oh my goodness!!
Backpacks poured in from all over the world
{literally}!
So thankful that drone thing wasn’t delivering at
the time because we would have had drone crashes
above our postal office with all the backpacks!
You guys were so stinkin’ generous!
Can I just stop here and say –
I love you guys!
You are my dearest orphan lovin’ friends!
You get it and you are so generous in your love!
So here’s what we get to do today!
You are cordially invited to ‘attend’ a
virtual Gem Shower!
Yes!! We are going to shower the Gems with
much needed shirts, shorts, jeans, jammies,
socks and even a few fun items!
Here’s how it works:
I put out the call for help the other day and the help poured in.
I started emailing and calling, beginning with the first email
I received looking for bloggy friends to help me
figure out how to keep it all straight and make
sure we find clothes and stuff for everyone….
The best way we figured to have this all work
was this:
You have the beautiful opportunity to
‘attend’
one of the
FOUR GEM SHOWERS
going on around the country
to bless
and help the treasures who live
at
Each hostess knows what is needed.
We’re asking you to decide whose shower you want to attend, then email the hostess to see what you can
“bring” to the shower for one of the Gems.
This request is for new items only, please.
Each hostess has a small team in place under her that
will help with what exactly is needed for who and what sizes
are needed.
Then you can shop online
without leaving your home and send it to the address
provided by your hostess.
The team of ladies that are going with me in October
will be receiving your gifts so they can bring the gifts with them!
Each hostess is inviting guests to
generously Shower the Gems at their shower.
Meet the four hostesses:
Rebecca’s shower
in New Mexico
has been
“FILLED”
Robin’s shower
in
in
New Jersey
has been
“FILLED”
has been
“FILLED”
Kathryn shower
in
Tennessee’s
has been
“FILLED”
has been
“FILLED”
Kimmy’s shower
in
Arizona
has been
“FILLED”
has been
“FILLED”
The wish list is that each
Gem
have
three new short sleeve shirts,
one long sleeve shirt
a sweatshirt,
three new pairs of gym shorts,
a pair of jeans
and
socks, socks, socks!
The pink Gems have a similar list.
Each guest can help by purchasing a single item
or any combination of any of the items
or all of the items!
Maybe you and your friends, Bible study or family
would want to outfit one Gem yourselves
with the entire wish list….head to toe –
just tell the hostess that!
Whatever you are able to do is deeply appreciated
and you will likely have the joy of seeing
your clothes on the Gems if you peek in the days ahead
at
Emma’s blog !!
We need the gifts to be speeding toward
the address given to you by your hostess by Monday,
so
No Backorders please!
These precious Gems have already
endured such heartache, pain and loss
in their short lives.
They have no mommy to shop for them.
They need us!!
Let’s bless them really good.
It’s easy.
Just pick a hostess and shoot her an email.
So would you rather “GO” to a GEM shower today in
Arizona
or
Tennessee
or
New Jersey
or
New Mexico??
Email the hostess at the address provided above
and you will be on your way!
Please invite your friends to join
you at the shower!
**As soon as a shower is “FILLED” I will
remove the email address of the hostess
and replace it with the word “FILLED”.**
On behalf of the precious Gems,
thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hi, I live in the UK but would like to join in with this. Let me just check- I contact one of the email addresses and then order online and get the order sent to the address that the email contact gives me? Does the order have to arrive at the persons house by monday?
Yes!! That's exactly what you can do. We need your help. Thank you. And no, it just has to be ordered before MOnday. Not at the house by Monday. Thank you so much. And on behalf of the Gems who will be blessed by your generosity – you rock!!
Thanks for you helpful reply. I have emailed and placed an order- very exciting to be involved. Thanks.
Linny,
I just emailed you. 🙂
thanks!
Sharon
Wow, I didn't check in for a couple of days and now it looks like everything is FILLED!! Praise God! Please let me know if you think of anything else.
Amy P.