10/15/2024
JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF THE DONATIONS AND TRIP. ALL THE DONATIONS FINALLY GOT DROPPED OFF. YAY!!!
AFTER TRAVELING THROUGH AND BEING TOLD WE ARE FULL AND CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE THROUGH OUT TENNESSEE, THEY FOUND A PLACE IN HOT SPRINGS, NC THAT TOOK SOME OF THE ITEMS. MOST PLACES DID NOT WANT CLOTHING UNLESS IT WAS NEW, BUT WHEN THEY FINALLY REACHED ASHEVILLE, NC THEY DROPPED SOME OTHER STUFF OFF WITH HEARTS WITH HANDS, THEN THEY MET PASTOR ANDY. HE TOLD THEM THEY WOULD TAKE EVERYTHING. HE DIRECTED THEM TO A CHURCH GYM TO DROP OFF ALL OF THE ITEMS. HE SAID THAT HIS CHURCH AND THE OTHER CHURCHES WOULD DELIVER ITEMS AROUND TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN NEED. HE ALSO SAID THEY WERE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE THOUGHTS, PRAYERS, AND DONATIONS THAT EVERYONE SENT. 🙏❤️
THROUGH OUT THEIR JOURNEY, THEY SAW SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTING SIGHTS, HEARD SOME OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING STORIES, AND WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WITH WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH. THOSE IMAGES AND STORIES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
WE SHOULD SAY OUR PRAYERS AND BE THANKFUL EACH AND EVERYDAY FOR THE LIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND BLESSINGS WE ALL HAVE. DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FORGRANTED BECAUSE IT CAN BE TAKEN IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS COMPANIES/ BUSINESSES FOR THE DONATIONS. THEY TRULY WERE A BLESSING AND APPRECIATED.❤️
JOSH ESSMAN, TREVOR ESSMAN, DEVIN GREEN, AND JEFF HIGHFILL LEFT OUT ON THURSDAY MORNING AND RETURNED SUNDAY AROUND 2PM. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH OF THEM FOR TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
