Update on Goodwin Family

The Goodwin family has lost their home to a chimney fire.  WMUR is carrying the story right now:
http://www.wmur.com/news/22023104/detail.html
As is Foster's:
http://fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091221/GJNEWS_01/912219983

The immediate needs are money, clothes, and gift cards so they can begin to rebuild their lives and provide the basic necessities to their family.  Here's an updated clothing size list:

Adam- 34/32 pant, M shirt, 10 shoe.
Kelly- 5-7 pant, S shirt, 7-7 1/2 shoe.
Kendell- 0-1 pant, xs J shirt, 8 womens shoe- 13 year old girl
Taylor- 12 pant, 12/14 shirt, 3 1/2 shoe-11 year old girl
Logan- 8/10 pant, 3 1/2 shoe- 8 year old boy
Tucker- 7/8 pant, 7/8 shirt, 1 1/2 shoe- 6 year old boy
Griffin- 5/6 pant, 5/6 shirt, 13 1/2 shoe- 5 year old boy
Sawyer- 2T pant, 3T shirt, 8 shoe- 3 years on Monday boy

Donations can be dropped off at Bambi's house at 223 Clement Rd. in Rollinsford and she can be reached by phone at 742-8182.

There are accounts opened for the Goodwin family at Holy Rosary Credit Union and Northeast Credit Union ("Adam and Kelly Goodwin account"). You can also donate via Paypal by using the secure ChipIn widget in the right hand column of this blog.  Every cent will be passed on to the Goodwin family.

The family thanks you for your prayers and your overwhelming generosity.

MOPS Mom In Need

I was just alerted that one of our fellow MOPS moms, Kelly Goodwin, was involved in a house fire at her home.  As far as I know, the house is a total lost.  There is now a family of 8, 6 children, displaced right before the Christmas season. 

The family will be in need of practically every item you'd typically have in your home, clothes, food, pots/pans, furniture, mattresses etc.

The immediate needs will be clothing (don't forget winter apparel) for the family as well as shoes and food.  The kids are girls 11+13 and boys 3,5,6 and 8.  Amy is probably a size medium shirt and Adam, the husband, is a size medium top, pants are 36/32 and shoe size is 10.  Kendall (13 yr old girl) is a size 1 or 2, Taylor (11 yr old girl) is a 10/12, Logan (8 yr old boy) is a 10/12, Tucker (6yr old boy) is a 7/8, Griffin (5 yr old boy) is a 6/7, Sawyer (3 yr old boy) is a 3T.

Donations can be dropped off at Bambi's house at 223 Clement Rd. in Rollinsford and she can be reached by phone at 742-8182.

I am also putting up a ChipIn widget so you can donate monetarily to the Goodwin family.  Every single cent will go directly to them.  I am collecting funds through my Paypal account and will regularly withdraw the donations and give them directly to the family.

May God bless you and keep you safe this Christmas season.  Let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas and give with a cheerful heart.

 We had another new mom join us, this past mops meeting. This marks our 9th new mom to come to one of our meetings. God is really doing something amazing here. It was a small meeting, but we had a nice time. We enjoyed a longer than usually fellowship time with each other. We got the hear all about Bambi's adventure to Guatemala. I believe we were all touched by the stories she shared. Then at 11am we had a time of prayer for a little baby named Micah Kellsal who was having open heart surgery that morning. It was an emotion few minutes for most of us, thinking back about Lindsay and the fight that little girl fought. He is doing well. After that we all ventured down to the kitchen were we made cinnamon pumpkin potpourri candle holders.
We will be meeting again on November 18th. We will be sharing a Thanksgiving meal together (yes for Breakfast) and a time to fellowship, grow, and learn together as moms.

November Meetings

Come and join us this Wednesday November 4th at 9:30 a.m. Our topic this week will be Living at Light Speed. Leah Roth will be our guest speaker. Come and have some coffee, yummy treats, make a craft with us. Sit back and relax and enjoy some time away from your kids and chat with other Moms. We look forward to seeing you there.


Our next meeting will be on November 18th and our topic will be Growing With Extended Family.

Coppal House TODAY!!

Our MOPS group will be heading over to the Coppal House Corn Maze in Lee, NH, WEDNESDAY September 30th at 10 am. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch for afterward. All are welcome, the fee is $4 for adults and free for kids over age 6. We need 15+ participants in order to secure the group rate, so be sure to meet us there! :)

Every year the Coppal House has a professional company come in a cut out a design in their corn field. This year the design will be a skunk and flower. Througout the maze are mailboxes that have questions regarding skunks and flowers and if you choose the correct answers, you'll get the correct directions through the maze. There is usually a "hay bale maze" too for the little tykes to explore.

The maze is jogger stroller friendly. Afterward we can pick a pumpkin or other fall decorations at the farm store.

Hope to see you there!