Dear Readers,

To all the Mothers reading this, I hope you had a great Mothers’ Day!  I know that I did.  We went to our awesome church (with me wearing my beautiful corsage that David had bought me) both morning and night and heard 2 great messages.  When we got home from church in the afternoon, we decided to stay home to eat so that we did not have to battle the crowds in the restaurants with 12 children in tow.  So, David cooked out and the remainder of the meal, my girls fixed.  I enjoyed the delicious meal and then David presented me with a beautiful “Willow Tree” (I collect them………smile).  It was then my children pulled me into the living room and they sat around in a circle as they SHOWERED me with gifts and cards.

Each gift was precious to me and so nice because I know it was given from their hearts!  However, what really was a “tear jerker” was the card that my oldest son Timothy gave me.  It was a card assuring me that all we have taught him has shaped and guided him to be what he is today.  It blessed my heart beyond measure!

Timothy

Then, a couple of weeks ago Nurie celebrated her 17th birthday.  She was given a Kohls gift card and when David took the children (who had spending money) shopping for me for Mother’s Day, she spent nearly the entire gift card on me and then the remainder on a gift for a friend’s birthday!  WOW!  What a giving daughter I have!  Thank you, children, for each and everything!  Mama LOVES you all so much!

Nurie Katelin

When we got home from the evening church service, the girls did my hair, my feet, and my hands!  AWWWWW…………luxury!

BUT…………the best gift of all was this………….

For the last 2 to 3 months, our little Olivia Mercy (almost 4 1/2 yrs. old) has come to me off and on and said that she wanted to get saved!!  Because it was not her first time to tell us this………..we felt like the timing was right and that she understood what she was asking.

So, we knelt down by our bed with her and talked with her a bit more about it.  David read her some Scriptures and then led her in the Sinners’ Prayer – and Olivia asked Jesus into her heart and was saved from her sins!!  Hallelujah!  When finished, it then dawned on me that it was Mothers Day!!  That was my BEST present by far!  What an answer to prayer!!

God is soooo Good!   I love you all in the Lord and truly hope you had a special day yesterday also!

A Blessed Mama,     Jill Rodrigues