gratituesday..............

Do you ever say those little prayers and think "ahhh, God probably wasn't listening anyway"?

Now I know I've asked questions like that over and over, but it's important to be reminded that God hears us and He does want to be a part of our everyday life!

Well, since I gave up 'wishing' after becoming a Christian, I started praying about things instead.

;-)

After viewing someone's pears a few weeks back, I said "Lord, I would love to run across someone with a pear tree that doesn't need them." And I wondered how my kids would take to a mess of pears being around; they love apples!

Well, while passing a couple's house from church I noticed they had fruit trees, several.

I then remembered Laura's advice :-) (point #2).

So the next time I saw them at church, I asked about her trees.

Well, she brought me a bag of apples, which were prepared in less than an hour for leather.

The next time I saw her, she said, "Come get pears! All you want! We can't use them all, we don't have the time, and our kids are all grown and busy."

So pears we got!

1 box +
another box+

a neighbor brought me this box in the meantime and said to just send them a jar of whatever I did with them.....these are wrapped in paper with a box of jars awaiting their ripening...

Here's some pear sauce, honey pears, and pear jelly....and that's just one box!

Then, the sweet widow-lady from church brought me a sack and a half of tomatoes....look out peppers, salsa is coming to town.....

7 pints and 2 quarts later.....

Woo Hoo!

Ain't God good?

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