Posted January 29, 2025

Pray all is well with everyone.  Let's catch up from 2024...

1.  2024 was amazing on being able to help families with food and house expenses to mentoring youth and young adults and keeping positivity in their lives. To watching some of my mentees graduate and still wanted me to be involved in the next chapter ... their college life.

2. Mike's Closet is filling back up with donations of clothes and shoes for those in need. Excepting all year long clothes, shoes or toys in good condition please.

3. We were able to give away kids' books for babies starting to learn how to read.  We are still accepting books that are in good condition with no missing pages or writings in them please.

4. Bless you to all who have donated to the ministry, that is how we are able to bless others in need. Donations are not only by giving the ministry money but by buying the handmade products on Etsy. Everything we sell on Etsy is how we fund the ministry as well. So thank you to those who have bought products on Etsy or by reaching out to me personally for orders. Donations went up from last year and we are planning to go even higher this year with the addition of our Spotify site.

5. We are in the process of parting with a church that will give us space to bless more young souls & feed them too (you know I have to feed my babies). More on that later.

6. We have a new website!!!! Why? Because we are going to start digging in deeper in going after all the grants that can help us bless more young souls.  What I learned is that they want to do is look at your website to see what you are about and what all you do.  If your website does not look good, they are not giving your organization any funds no matter how many people you may be helping. So, the Lord blessed us, January 1st, on a cost-efficient way to getter a better professional looking website that will do a better job of telling our story and everything that we do. It looks great!!! As of now we a have had 223 views which is mind blowing since it only went live January 18th. God is moving the ministry and we are just trying to keep up.

7. I will continue to give you all first looks when new products come out. Next up is custom calendars (done 4 already) and soon handmade, hypoallergenic soap (I squeeze in rest when I can, I really do).  I will be doing a motivational calendar this weekend.

8. As you know we do candles. We do aromatherapy and dessert (I'm a baker, so of course I had to do dessert ones too). Aromatherapy right are Lavendar, Lavendar Lemon, Eucalyptus Mint, Rose, Lemon, Sandalwood, Jasmine & Tea Tree. Candles are in sizes 4oz and 6oz.

9. I'm going to start including my young adults in my podcast. Why? Because they can speak for themselves and the world needs to know what is bothering them and what can be done to help.  Nobody can speak for them but them. I can use my platform to address the issues we talk about but only they can bring those issues to life.

10. We are going to do more volunteering work and all babies said they will help me. **I Love my babies**

11. We "officially" have contract employees. Meaning when we do these vendoring events, we have employees that help both the night before and the day of the event...and they get paid too. Mind still blown that I can say that and that they are more young adults that want to work with me too.

12. February 2024, we graduated from Corner to Coner (Home - Corner to Corner) I encourage anyone starting out, or already in, business to take the classes. It is very informative on not only how to start your business, but how to make it grow.

This is just some of things that is going on with ministry because God keeps adding more every week.  How? Because I not only said I trusted Him, but I showed Him that I trusted Him. I have always said that your actions have to match your words and how can I motivate anyone else if I didn't do it myself? So, as I complete an assignment from the Lord, another door opens and another blessing pours out.  Not only that, I am sharing my blessings with others too as God intended.

Please keep us in prayer as we keep pushing to be that voice of positivity for all young people whenever they need it. We will do more motivational talks because our young people are being blessed knowing that someone loves them for who they are that will not judge them.

Again, giving you all your flowers now saying, "Thank you for everything."