The Wingard Home Blog

This weekend …………………November 15 th at 6:30 p. m.  Mac’s Cove Wholesale Apparel will host a runway fashion show and Winter fashion auction.                      

The event will be held at the beautiful Mynelle Gardens at 4736 Clinton Blvd. Jackson, MS 39209

$20 admission   All proceeds will go to the Wingard Home Ministry.  For more information, contact: Natasha “Mac” McLaurin  info@macscove.com  1-800-750-9860

WE NEED YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE WORD OUT !!!!!

NATASHA IS A FINE CHRISTIAN LADY WHO CARES ABOUT HER NEIGHBOR AND ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HURTING AND BATTERED…..BECAUSE SHE CARES, SHE DECIDED TO HAVE A BENEFIT FASHION SHOW IN BROADWAY STYLE AND BLESS GOD WITH HER TALENTS OF FASHION DESIGN!

THE TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE DOOR OR IN ADVANCE…….PLEASE TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT HER WEB SITE WHERE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION.

GOD BLESS YOU! WE WILL SEE YOU THERE

CHARLOTTE WINGARD AND THE WINGARD HOME CREW

We are sitting at the door of November, the air has a chill in it, and thoughts of giving thanks for our fall harvests and bountiful blessings are overshadowing the long, hot, weary summer. The next big group of projects for this ministry will be the very busy task of helping hundreds of children and their family for the Christmas season. The season actually begins with Thanksgiving and ends with Christmas morning festivities and celebration.

Of course, the biggest thing for us is the big birthday bash that we throw for Jesus. We invite hundreds of this areas “children in-need” and throw a huge Happy Birthday, Jesus, Festival ! These pre-qualified, screened, specially invited children and their family are honored at the festival and  given toys, Bibles, food, entertainment, photos, and furniture (ex. sometimes, when children are giving us their Christmas wishes, they ask for things like a bed or a new mattress or a study desk). For these children, the festival is the absolute high point of their holiday season. For us, it is an awesome opportunity to , not only tell folks about Jesus’ love, but also to show them the love of Jesus in our works and actions.

I have a photo show from last year for the Happy Birthday, Jesus, Party and the Christmas Morning Family Christmas we do for the Wingard Home residents. Please pray as you watch and ask that God reveal to you how you can be a part of the Holidays at Wingard Home for 2008.

Wingard Home Christmas Morning, 2007        

18th Annual Happy Birthday, Jesus, Festival, 2007

Call me or e-mail me with your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and pledges.

Get involved! You just can’t out-give God!!!

Charlotte Wingard (601-906-1976)

wwjdcaw@aol.com

The link below is a video I just received in an e-mail from an awesome young man who lived here as a homeless and addicted person many years ago. He is, of course, doing very well….great job, new car, home, and soon to have a new wife. We all stay in touch by e-mail. A couple of months ago, he came to our small chapel on a Sunday Morning and gave his testimony to all our folks. I say all this to tell you about the link to the video he just sent. You will be so blessed by this small short video. It certainly re-affirmed to me that I am in the right place and in the perfect will of God. I pray it blesses you as it did me and please pass it on.

www.maximumreferrals.com/videos/bridge/bridge.html

 Roy and I have been married 20 years today. Tonight, we celebrated by going together on a date to see the movie Fireproof. It certainly gets a five star from me. I so enjoyed watching a truly inspiring love story complete with Bible verses, prayer, PG rating, and NO ONE dressed indecently, or used profanity, or even made obsene suggestions or moves. This movie will move you into action in your own personal life…..even if you are not married! The movie truly deals with more than marriage. There are other topic areas…such as gossiping, self-worship, and unforgiveness. I am blessed, so blessed to have a precious Savior who gives me the ability to love people because He first loved me as the example.

Until next time,

Charlotte Wingard

We are so very excited to tell you the good news! Our cry for help has been heard and you are calling and responding to the needs here at Wingard Home. Praise God for you!

 This is not a one time shot, though; God wants you involved and you know that. We have met some awesome people in the past week……the timing was perfect for all of us. God used this dilema and was glorified in it as he turned everything around to bring us “out of the valley” and back up the mountainside.

One of the wonderful friends we have made during this “storm” is Amanda Wells, an incredible Mississippi writer who came to do an article on the Home. She has a blog called “Shamelessly Southern” where you can find a link to her article on Wingard. The beautiful photos were taken by Melanie Thortis, a very talented young photographer, who knew just how to capture the spirit of the Home and our people. All things have indeed worked together for good….and you know that we certainly love the Lord in the good times and the bad.

We have also received a call from the owner of Mac’sCove . This magnificent clothing wholesale fashion designer is also a fine Christian woman who was looking for a way to do what she loves and glorify God “in the mix”. Desire was there- God’s perfect timing- we had a need- and God put us together. Please follow the link to her web site and see how Natasha McLaurin is helping the homeless at Wingard.

I have so many “praise reports” that I don’t know tell you all. I know that God is in control……and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.

 Sept. 3, 2008    

To All supporters of Wingard Home Ministries,

Quickly, I would like to bring you up-to-date on this ministry. Many of you already know that Roy and I and our family have been working in this ministry for 18 years in the city of Jackson (plus two years in Lawrenceville, Georgia). We have dedicated the rest of our life to serving God in whatever capacity God needs for us….in other words, “here I am Lord: send me!” There have been a lot of trials and tribulations for us this past year and the burden of two deaths in our family and several really bad accidents have been both heart breaking and time consuming.

We have continued to pray and put God at the very front of our existence and cling to the hope and peace that only Jesus Christ can give. We are weary and very tired in the flesh, but, OH! our spirits are willing and ready to charge forward. We have seen families put back together in the past year at our ministry…..and we have seen people, who are beat down by life’s troubles, give their lives to Christ and start living right! We are here to teach people about Jesus Christ and His forgiving grace and abounding love. Lives always change for the better when Jesus is in charge.

For this reason, we are both perplexed and saddened by what we see happening at the ministry. A couple of months ago, I had to send out a plea for help in order to pay the high summer electric bill. We were able to pay it late- but it was paid…..until the next one came and it was higher than the last one! At this point, I asked God if this was the correct order of business or was I missing something. We are NOT extravagant at this home: we spend money wisely and are accountable for every penny. Not having resources to do the appointed job is not of God. We are supposed to ministering and helping….not begging and struggling!!

On the 19 th of this month, the power will be cut off because we have not the money in the account to pay the bills. Times are tough everywhere and here is no exception. Our phone bills are past due, our water bills are past due, and we juggle the ones we can keep current. Gas for the vehicles has just gone through the roof so we have tried to cut back on the trips we make around town in service to the folks here.

We have huge churches calling us to help the homeless people who have come to them for help; and, when we have the space, we take them. These huge churches do not send one penny of mission support for this ministry, but they write checks of support for thousands of dollars a month to the over seas missions. Something is wrong with this picture, don’t you think?

We and our family are willing to work and live here in inner city. We are willing to take referrals of the homeless and needy who come to your door for assistance. We are willing to be volunteers and not take a fat paycheck out of the donations. We are willing to give up our life as a “normal American family” and to work 24/7 for God’s work here- to preach the Gospel to a dying and desperate nation.

 WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO?

To help this ministry is an honor and a privilege…..you know you are putting your resources into something good and something right here; where you can gage the success for yourself.

If you think we are doing a good job, then support it. 

We are here! 

Dedicated to work for Christ, on the mission field…..the one that is right in your back door.

We love Jesus, we love Jackson, MS and we absolutely love seeing the homeless and battered get jobs and get on their feet.

Won’t you join us in this good work for Christ?  

Charlotte Wingard

1279 N. West St.

Jackson, MS  39202-2059

601-355-9589   (office)

601-906-1976   (cell)

www.wingardhome.org

wwjdcaw@aol.com

In the book of 1st John 3:17, God clearly gives instructions through His Word:

 “But whoever has this world’s good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?”

 Here at Wingard Home, we find ourselves in the unique position of having a need ourselves in order to continue helping those in need.  

To house and care for the homeless who live here, we need to have essentials like electricity, water, gas, and food. We know that so many of you would help and, indeed, look for opportunities to help………if you only knew what we need. This is an opportunity for you to bless God by helping with needs of the destitute……and the folks who live at Wingard won’t stay destitute, because our program teaches hard work, assuming responsibility for your own actions, respect for authority, advancing educational  persuits, and  learing how to spend, save and budget money–we like to call it a hand-up instead of a hand-out!

If you help your neighbor, there are certain promises in the Word of God …………

“If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother: But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wants…….You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him: because that for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.”                            Deuteronmy  15: 7,8,10, & 11

Your opportunity is now! Will you be a part of someone’s miracle? Isn’t it a joy to be able to help someone who is trying to help themselves?  Your assistance is very much needed and appreciated by all who live and volunteer at the Wingard Home Ministies.

Wingard Home Ministry

1279 N. West St.

Jackson, MS  39202-2059

601-355-9589

wwjdcaw@aol.com

God Bless You,

Roy & Charlotte Wingard  

We will be sending out the brochure by snail mail within the next few days. There will be two flyers included with the brochure so be watching.

If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be added, please email me and give me your address. If you would like to be added to get email notices, please email and ask to be added.

Around the house…. there are new families moving in and we seem to have a house full of boys, little boys. We are running short on things like twin comforters for the beds, good twin mattresses, and twin sheets. We also need some pillows.
We need one bunk bed for the women’s dorm- it needs to be a double on the bottom and twin on the top.

Please be in prayer for all the folks here at the ministry….they desperately need the power of God in their lives. They have a chance now to make some positive changes in their lives and to take the Word of God into their lives and learn how to live in it’s power. I tell you the truth, they have that opportunity because of folks (like you) supporting this ministry so we are able to take them in and help them. Thank-you for all you do.

We are loving Jesus and feeding the sheep,

Charlotte Wingard   wwjdcaw@aol.com

JULY 23, ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS…… We are looking at an empty supply closet and rejoicing in those last-minute-miracles! We know for a fact that God placed all these school age children at this ministry and He will assuredly produce what they need to go to school. I just wanted you to know that the need is still there….because, sometimes we all stand around and think “Well, surely they will have lots of people helping and they will have plenty!”WRONG !!!!! Everybody is thinking that somebody else is helping so nobody helps.

I will get off my soapbox and simply say this…..if God is speaking to YOUR heart to help this ministry with this need, then just do it. Don’t worry about what someone else is doing…because, you are doing this for God. You will miss a great blessing from God if you just stand around waiting for someone else to move into action.

These children are all different sizes and have different length legs and such, so we prefer gift cards so the children can try things on and make sure they fit. If you would like, we can send you copies of the receipts and show you what was purchased with the cards……we are very big on accountability.

Other things that are needed is school supplies, right this minute, we have children in these grades: pre-K, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th. We have 2 each in the 2nd and 9th. We have two more families coming in and I will update this soon. General supplies would be great.

You can use our Donate Now button on our web page to use a credit card, or send a gift card in the mail or bring it by. If you want to drop by and bring supplies, please feel free to do just that. Call me if you have questions: my cell # is 601-906-1976 and the office phone is 601-355-9589.

We thank-you you in advance for helping the children!

Charlotte

 I wanted all of you to know that the water bills are paid…..Praise the Lord!

We have also been able to pay the Atmos Gas bills today and also the Allied Waste.

PLEASE DON”T STOP PRAYING !! The other bills on the list MUST be paid also.

The Word says that God has never left the righteous forsaken nor begging for bread!! I refuse to beg anything. I am asking for you to be a blessing to homeless, needy, & battered folks….the ones who are trying to change their lives by doing something positive—not the ones who stand on the street intersections collecting YOUR hard-earned dollars in the name of “charity”and running a con on everybody OR lay up in a motel and drink beer while they watch dirty movies (all at your church’s expense).  Hey! It’s time to get serious about this problem and step un to the bat to do something about it!

We house lots of people here at Wingard: people who are NOT on welfare, NOT begging money from your churches, Not drinking and drugging. Our people are about getting their lives straightened out, working hard, saving their money, and learning how to live by the Word of God. Don’t you want to support something that really works and is producing good results….ask around; our record speaks for itself.

Below is the remainder of the previous list I sent……the ones that are paid are in purple…the ones still pending are in black.

• Entergy (due 8-1)……$50.66 & $49.73
• Entergy (due 7-21) ……$577.65,  $386.70,   $1,036.49,  &  $287.66
• City Services (water bills) ……$211.66 *due for cut off on 7-17   &   $367.20 (due on 7-18)
• Cellular South (due 7-27) ……$507.36
• Atmos Gas (due 7-14) ……$189.02, $16.62, $35.75, & $26.51
• Sam’s Club (where we get gas for the pick-up truck) $1,604.95  (due on 8-1)
• Aregood Technologies (past due) $192.49
• Allied Waste (due7-16) …… $101.16
• Bank of America (past due) ……$2,280.69  development of Natchez Trace Children’s Ranch

Add the figures….we are still needing around $6400.00 ………..

Expecting a Miracle and FIRED-UP for Jesus,

Charlotte Wingard

We would love to invite you to enjoy, to be informed, and to be challenged to action by this photo tour of our Ministry: the link below will take you to all our photo shows- then click on the “Welcome To Wingard Home” Icon.

We are very open to your suggestions and ideas….so please e-mail us at ….. wwjdcaw@aol.com 

and let us know what you think.

“Welcome to Wingard Home”

Bless you all in Jesus Name,

I feel as if the summer is flying too quickly and I certainly know that the “school season” is upon us. We have a whole new group of children this year. They must be equipped for the task ahead of them. Since we never know who we will serve from one week to the next, general supplies and gift cards (for clothing and uniforms) are best for us.  

This is your “opportunity time” to do something good for someone in need. Take it and run with it!!

There are homeless children here who need to go to school and have supplies just like every other child. They don’t need or want to be or look “different” from the other children. We at Wingard Home depend on God to work through you to help us meet the needs of these children and teens.

After school begins, we will need certain color notebooks and certain this and that —the teachers have their own special requests and there are workbook fees and athletic fees and such. You are in an awesome position to have a positive impact on the future of a child this year.

Our Spring grant from the Morgan Foundation has been a blessing all summer, but is gone now. The summer has been a hard one and the needs of families and battered women have been many times greater. We have seen some miracles out of these times and, I am certain, we will see many more. The good work must continue. If you ever wanted to reach out to someone in dire straits, homeless, battered, abandoned, or threatened, then, this is your time to “show out” for Jesus.

 WE MAX OUT AT 42 PEOPLE! TO ADOPT ONE OF THE BILLS LISTED BELOW FOR THE MONTH, YOU WILL BE HELPING US HOUSE ALL THESE FOLKS………WANNA BE A BLESSIN’ ?? NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!

• Entergy (due 8-1)……$50.66 & $49.73
• Entergy (due 7-21) ……$577.65,  $386.70,   $1,036.49,  &  $287.66
• City Services (water bills) ……$211.66 *due for cut off on 7-17   &   $367.20 (due on 7-18)
• Cellular South (due 7-27) ……$507.36
• Atmos Gas (due 7-14) ……$189.02, $16.62, $35.75, & $26.51
• Sam’s Club (where we get gas for the pick-up truck) $1,604.95  (due on 8-1)
• Aregood Technologies (past due) $192.49
• Allied Waste (due7-16) …… $101.16
• Bank of America (past due) ……$2,280.69  development of Natchez Trace Children’s Ranch

 We present these to you for your prayerful consideration and for your help: a large part or a small part-any help will be a blessing and will, indeed, bless many!……We must move quickly, though, because these must be paid now.

May God bless you and keep you healthy, sober minded, prospering you above all measure physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Charlotte Wingard

We have had quite a month here at Wingard Home. There is not a lot of “strange” goings -on, but we always have a report to make. Lives are being changed for the better and souls are being saved from hell! In one of the parables Jesus told about the shepherd who left the 99 sheep in the flock and went out after that 1 sheep who had gone astray………one soul saved from hell is certainly worth our time and resources.

We are blessed to have opportunities to tell you about the ministry we have here and so blessed to have opportunities to serve God each day through the resources and tools you provide. God called us to serve here day and night every day ministering to people who have given up on productive lives…….God may have chosen you to help in some other way. We all have talents and resources that differ and God wants to pour Himself out over this wicked world by using your life as a vessel for His mighty healing power…….are you with us? Let’s Do It!!

For the whole Jackson area, the month started out with, with some really bad weather and a lot of destruction….especially in north Jackson. We had no damage to speak of; except that we were without electricity for about 5 days. We are so blessed to have a generator from the Katrina days.

On April 25 and 26, we were supposed to have more thunderstorms and more rain. We were also supposed to a group of nursing graduates come over to do some “outside projects”. They came….and the rain stayed away, praise God for the awesome group who came and for all the projects they completed. John-Israel was on hand with his camera to capture the day in photos. The week before we had about four nursing grads come to work organizing our library, but we have no photos of that project to share. All three groups just amazed us with their eagerness to serve and their joyful spitits. We have a wonderful photoshow about that day to share with you…..just click on the following link and choose the Sunny Day Projects photo show from the selection. While you are there, you can view any of our photo shows.

Sunny Day Projects

On Saturday morning, 4/26/08, Crossgates Hands of Hope was due to come and build a playground in conjunction with the Crossgates Ladies Ministry, who designed and funded the project. The storms moved in early that morning, and, as it began to rain, all the volunteers began showing up…..truck after truck after car load! They moved inside an area where we plan to build the family dorms and began to do the necessary demolition work on that project until the rain slacked up…..and it did slack up! Prayer and God’s grace, my friends. God sent Crossgates there to do a job and He never leaves nor forsakes us…..that rain JUST HAD TO GO! I can’t even describe the miracles that happened after that so I will invite you to judge for yourselves by clicking on the following photo show link and choose the photoshow that says: God Bless the Day that Crossgates Came Over to Play!

Crossgates

If you would love to be a part of this ministry support system, know this, Crossgates Hands of Hope is coming back to construct family dorms. They need all sorts of building supplies. If you feel led to help with this, e-mail me and I can e-mail you back a list of supplies needed OR you could purchase and send us a gift card to Lowes or Home Depot and we will get them to the purchasing person with Hands of Hope at Crossgates.

I am Charlotte Wingard             wwjdcaw@aol.com

God richly bless you!

Looks like Spring is right around the corner……and then the next day, it seems a mile away. We are excited about all the work being done at the ministry. Alot of the projects right now are “born of necessity” but the work is still progressing. The men’s dorm roof is patched in a whole lot of places and we are ready to receive a metal roof…..we just need to find a doner.

We were so blessed to have Will McNeese and a “beautiful” group of hard-working young people come from Belhaven College to work in our construction mess in the men’s dorm. This past weekend, we were blessed again; because youth pastor, Justin Nalls brought two groups of young folks from the Birmingham, Alabama area churches. They not only worked their hearts out on Saturday afternoon, but they also delivered the message for us on Sunday morning in song and testimony. What a wonderful group of talented young folks doing something positive in this world. We hear so much about teens doing bad things, we know that there are a lot of good teens in this world who bless mankind every day…..we need to hear more about them.

Easter is coming up this weekend and we will be doing our giant “egg hunt” for the homeless children we have at the ministry. We are also going to have the opportunity to teach them about the resurrection and why it was so important that Jesus did not just die….but He had to come back from the dead- and He came back in victory! We have to take every situation, circumstance, and occasion to tell someone about Jesus and how very much He loves them.

Please be in prayer for us as we minister and teach in this inner city mission field. We don’t just give folks a sandwich and a Bible…..we invite the homelesss to come in and live with us sharing our life, our family, and the Love of Christ with them per example and fruit. Every single day is a new opportunity to meet the challenges and adventures of the day with the Word, the Love, and Testimony.  Join us, come see how God can put your talents to work and bless you beyond anything you can imagine. I check my e-mail every day and respond so e-mail me and let’s get together.

wwjdcaw@aol.com

Somewhere out there is someone who is supposed to help us get that warehouse we need so badly. We are waiting on God and praying that the person or foundation that God has chosen will “get on board” and not miss their blessing. We don’t just want a building….we NEED a building to continue to be a good steward over the furniture and appliances that God sents every day through donations. These donations NEED to be organized, clean, and safe from the outdoor elements that will mold and destroy them. Please pray, pass the need around, tell your neighbor, friend , and relative…..it may not be you, but instead, may be someone you know.

In our renovating of the women’s and men’s dorm and in the adding of the two family areas above the men’s dorm, we need certain things to accomplish this. The labor and construction expertise will come from the awesome folks at Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon who have agreed to tackle the job. However, we need supplies! This would be you folks who want to help, but have not time or talents for this particular task. We need money to buy supplies  OR connections to building suppliers who will donate  OR gift cards to one of the building supply companies  OR bring building supplies that are left over from one of your projects! All we are waiting on is supplies…..we are ready to move on this. I turn families down almost every day because I don’t have a place for them……while all that space sits there unfinished and not liveable. Come on and let’s get the job done!! Be blessed!!

There are many projects available for willing hands and hearts, so give us a call or a visit and get involved. If you can’t come by, you are very welcome to support all or parts of the Wingard projects by clicking on the “donate now” button on our web site and participate with financial help. I am working on a virtual tour of the ministry so you can get an idea of all the needs and maybe you will have some ideas that we have not seen……sometimes, in our case, “you can’t see the forest for the trees!”

I have been working on the books and trying to get all the thank-yous and receipts out from Christmas and from 2007 so please forgive my slow responses. If you need any sort of receipt from us and have not received it YET, please call me and let me know so I won’t miss anyone.

Praise the Lord !!! We finally have all the photos together from Christmas morning. Please click on the link and enjoy the fruits of your labor. I just want to thank all of you who gave and volunteered and also all of you who have been so patient with me throught this very difficult January.

christmas morning photoshow 07

I find myself going around the ministry lately making little notations in my head about things we need, need to get done, need to fix, need to change to be more efficient…….keyword here is NEED. A list, a list is what I need, and I need help; you know……volunteers! I tell you the truth, my friends, the very most important part of this list keeping is to get the list out to you-

NEEDS LIST FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY:

1. WAREHOUSE ( the one on State Street just North of Northside Drive will be just fine & costs  $269,000.00 )
2. PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL HEALING FOR OUR FOLKS WE MINISTER TO HERE AT THE HOME
3. PLAYGROUND FOR THE CHILDREN  (it would have to be commercial grade materials and construction)
4. METAL ROOF FOR THE FAMILY DORM
5. WE NEED TO MOVE OUR WALK-IN FREEZER…..WE NEED HELP!

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN NEEDS

• toilet tissue
• baby diapers
• baby wipes
• bleach
• food storage bags
• sound system and microphones for our chapel……..We NEED to hear some Praise Music!!!
• personal care products
• healthy snacks  (fruit, veges, cereal, or crackers)
• peanut butter & jelly
• mayonaise, mustard, relish, ketchup, & barbeque sauce
• tea bags (reg. & green)
• sugar & artificial sweetener
• honey

Thank-you for you support, your prayers, your friendship, and your words of encouragement.

Running to Win,
Charlotte

And, I really liked this blogging idea. I seemed to have it going strong…..and then Christmas 2007 came….and went….and then New Year Celebrations and all those resolutions- but no blogs from ME.

Isn’t that the way it is with a lot of our “really good habits and routines”( like Sunday church, Wednesday night church, going to the gym, volunteering at our favorite charity….and the list goes on and on) ? If we miss one, then it makes it so easy to miss another and another until we are looking at weeks, even months, gone and we don’t even remember when we started slacking. Going back is hard for most of us, because so many other things have squeezed themselves  into our schedules….but the going back is necessary and much-needed; because, those are really good habits.

I don’t believe in making “resolutions” and empty promises to myself or to God. I do, however, believe in repenting and then bringing forth fruits to meet repentance. I vowed to keep you all informed about the goings-on of the home and our family, but I have not done well. This blogging is really easy and I am blessed to be able to just write and post……..knowledge is so awesome to have at our fingertips.

Many times, folks have told me that they are willing to help….if they just knew what we needed. I am on the Job with this Blog…….rededicated to communicating with you. Thank-you for your prayers, your love, your support, and your friendship.

Serving with a glad heart,

Charlotte Wingard, ”blogger extraordinaire” !!

Thanksgiving was a glorious time of thankfulness and peace around our house…..and with a full house, we are talking MIRACLE! We have 23 children at our home and most of them are under the age of 8. We do want to thank all of you who made that Thanksgiving meal possible because you gave unselfishly.

Since Thanksgiving, we have been very busy screening Christmas applications made by families in need of assistance. We are now gathering decorations for the ministry houses and for the families we find that don’t have a tree or lights for the children to enjoy.

Our biggest ministry concern right now is that we really, really need a warehouse. This is the perfect time of year to gather furniture and appliances to give to our families as they move out on their own and get on their feet. The not-so-perfect thing for us is that we have no way to store the things.

On North State Street in Jackson, there is a man named Mr. Warren Wright who owns a row of warehouse type storefront buildings and they are for sale. I have my eye and my prayers on one of those buildings for the  ministry. Please call me if you can help with this in any way or if you know someone who can & will help us get a warehouse or to get that warehouse. My office number at the ministry is 601-355-9589…..anytime!

Please remember to check the brochure for all the times and needs for the festival. There is a link to the brochure on one of the previous posts to this blog. We are still looking for places to put up a bunch of lambs for folks to choose a child to sponsor for Christmas.

Please e-mail me if you have any questions…….      

wwjdcaw@aol.com

Serving gladly,

Charlotte Wingard

If you have seen our festival brochure, you know that the needy children who attend the “Happy Birthday, Jesus! Party” (alias,”the Festival”) are specially chosen children of the working poor in our communities. We call them “little lambs” for two reasons: first, they are the children of the flock of sheep (in God’s word, Jesus said to His deciple, “Do you love me? …….then feed my sheep”) and second, Jesus, himself, was referred to as the “Lamb of God”.

We place the names of these needy children and their three wishes on a card shaped like a lamb. The children are given 3 wishes which is symbolic of the Holy Trinity-Father, Son, & Holy Spirit (3). These cards are then placed on a Christmas tree where sponsors can view them and pick out children to help for Christmas. There is an instruction card on the bottom of each lamb. It looks like this:

More than several folks have asked me “What does the Wingard Home need for Christmas?” Once a year we have the luxury of telling our Wingard Wishes to you. Please see the following list to find our how you can bless 40 people all at once and bless them with gifts that will keep on blessing folks every day of the year.

• 6 commercial mop buckets with wringers
• a case of large wooden handled deck mops
• a case of brooms
• pool table for the teens and adults
• computer with a printer
• small walk-in cooler
• small economy car that runs good (not a junker)
• a roofer for the family dorm
• STILL need a playground for the yard (at the time of this entry, we have 22 children living here and NO playground)
• If we could get two bathrooms built in the upper dorm area, we could house two more families with children.
• We still need a warehouse….I have my eye on a perfect one on State Street a couple of blocks north of Northside. It is a good building and has a good price on it……Call me! We’ll talk about it!

We are blessed this year to have the opportunity to present these “special” big Christmas Wishes to you.

Charlotte Wingard

contact me at   wwjdcaw@aol.com

Thank-you all so much for your prayers and support in this year of 2007. We are getting set now to help hundreds of children-in-need for the Christmas season; and, have created a printable brochure filled with all the information about the festival. Please click on this link to view or to print…. Christmas 2007 Brochure

Please feel free to tell folks you know about the festival, the projects, the brochure, the website. They will have the opportunity to help…..OR, to tell someone else, or to pray for the projects, this ministry and our family as we minister on the “front lines”.

Blessings to you,

my e-mail … wwjdcaw@aol.com