One of The True Gifts of Christmas!!

WOW! IS ALL I CAN SAY! WE FEEL INCREDIBLY BLESSED TODAY AND WE FEEL SO HUMBLED! WE HAD THE PRIVILEGED OF GOING WITH OUR NEW FRIENDS JAY AND RENEE AND OUR NEW PASTOR HOMER AND HIS SWEET WIFE ROBIN TO DELIVER THE GIFTS TO THE FAMILY THAT OUR CHURCH ADOPTED FOR CHRISTMAS.. THEY WERE SUCH A SWEET FAMILY AND TOTALLY TOOK RESIDENCE IN OUR HEARTS FROM THE TIME WE WALKED IN THE DOOR.PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER THIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS..THEY HAVE 5 SMALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 8 AND THE DAD IS IN LIVER FAILURE WAITING TO BE PUT ON A TRANSPLANT LIST AND THE MOM JUST HAD SURGERY ON HER ANKLE SO THEY BOTH ARE DOWN AND OUT AND UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEY HAVE ALOT OF FAMILY THAT IS HELPING OUT AND WE THANK GOD FOR THAT~WHEN WE WALKED IN I WAS TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH EACH ONE OF THEM AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY PICS I THINK THEY LIKE ME A LITTLE BIT TOO:) OUR CHURCH WENT WAY BEYOND THE CALLING OF CHRISTMAS FOR THIS FAMILY, IT WAS SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE TREE EMPTY AND THEN OVERFLOWING WITH PRESENTS IT WAS SUCH A PICTURE OF GODS LOVE AND HIS GOODNESS THRU THIS CHURCH FAMILY.. THE CHILDREN WERE SO EXCITED AND LOTS OF LAUGHTER AND GIGGLES FILLED THE ROOM AND ALL YOU HEARD WAS THE SAYING "THIS SAYS MY NAME" THIS ONE IS MINE" OOHHH PRETTY!IT WAS SO NEAT TO BE A PART OF THAT! WE LET THEM OPEN 2 GIFTS EACH AND THEY ALL SAT IN A ROW ON THE COUCH FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST AND THEY HELD THEIR GIFTS WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND DID NOT DIVE INTO THEM LIKE MOST KIDS DO BUT REALLY TOOK THEIR TIME AND WHEN EACH ONE HAD THEIR GIFT THEY OOOOED AND AWWWED AND WITHOUT A BLINK SAID THANK YOU! I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH EACH ONE AND WHAT AMAZED ME WAS THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD OPEN 2 GIFTS AND DID NOT EVEN ASK TO OPEN ANOTHER ONE.. NOW THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR CUTIE WHO WOULD LOOK UNDER THE TREE AND SEE HIS NAME ON A PRESENT AND SAY LOOK ITS MINE BUT WOULD ALWAYS PUT IT RIGHT BACK UNDER THE TREE..I WISH MY KIDS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT AT THAT AGE.LOL:) MINE WOULD HAVE HAD THEM ALL OPENED AND IF WE SAID NO WOULD HAVE PITCHED A BIG OLE STOMPIN FIT!!THE PARENTS WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND I FEEL LIKE THEY TRULY FELT GODS LOVE AND HIS PRESENCE IN THE ROOM TODAY.. HOMER TOLD THEM THAT THEY TRULY HAD TO REALIZE THAT WITHOUT GODS LOVE IN PEOPLE THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AND HOW TRUE IS THAT! GOD IS JUST SO GOOD! WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO, I KNEW THAT THE TEARS WOULD START FLOWING BECAUSE I COULD HAVE JUST LOVED ON ALL THEM FOR SO MUCH LONGER BUT I KNEW I HAD TO GO WHEN WE WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, LITTLE ABBY WHO TOTALLY HAD ME WRAPPED AROUND HER FINGER LOOKED UP AT ME WITH HER BIG BROWN EYES AND SAID I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO HOME, PLEASE STAY:( AWWW MY HEART!! AND THEN TURNS TO CHUCK AND SAYS BYE, THANK YOU SANTA CLAUS..AWWWW.. MY HUSBAND HAD A LUMP IN HIS THROAT AND TEARS IN HIS EYES AND HUGGED HER AND SAID MERRY CHRISTMAS ABBY, WE WILL SEE YOU SOON! AWWW MY HEART:) IT WAS TRULY A AMAZING DAY THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET AND WE THANK GOD FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF TODAY AND WE THANK HIM FOR BRINGING US DOWN TO REALITY... AS WE ALL KNOW IT IS NOT ABOUT THE GIFTS, THE PARTIES, THE DECORATIONS ETC ETC... IT IS ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND HIS LOVE FOR US! I TOLD CHUCK I DO NOT WANT OE GIFT UNDER THE TREE, I JUST WANT TO BE REMINDED OF GODS LOVE AND HIS AMAZING GRACE HE GIVES US EVERYDAY~THAT'S ALL THE GIFT I NEED AND I GET IT EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR 24/7.. I AM SO GRATEFUL!! I HOPE THIS STORY TOUCHES YOUR HEART AND I HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW GOD TO FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE AND LET HIM USE YOU SO YOU CAN SHINE HIS LIGHT IN YOUR COMMUNITY! MIGHTY BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU! THANK YOU MARTINEZ FAMILY FOR CHANGING MY HEART TODAY:)