Upside Down Frowns

02/17/2024

Please support Abbey. These hats would make great gifts for chemotherapy patients!

Abbey was diagnosed with autism at 2.5 years old. Now at 25, she’s thriving and was blessed with great therapists and years of supportive services: Speech, occupational therapy, adaptive PE, and many more programs that have helped her get to where she is today.

01/23/2024

IT IS TIME TO SIGN UP FOR:

COOKIES AND CARDS FOR COPS:
We have been doing this for many years and it’s that time again. We are looking for volunteers to take cookies or sweet treats and thank you cards to the
Sheriffs Department
Hiram Police
Dallas Police
Marshals Office
Animal Control
On Valentine’s Day (Wednesday, February 14th) between the hours of 8am-5pm. It takes around 100 volunteers to cover all of the offices, so please sign up today. Message me (don’t comment in this thread because I might miss it!)

01/09/2024

PLEASE READ BELOW PRAYER Warriors.

This message was copied from my friends page. And yes, I’ve known them for many years. Their daughter has been in a severe car accident.

This is going to be a long journey for them and their family.
And if anybody is financially able to help, I will also link their information below and you can even contact them on Facebook. Their names are Angie Pruet Jeff Pruet

Read 👇

This is gonna be a hard post to write. And a hard one to read. Our church family has been praying for us over the last several hours and we feel ready to share what has happened.

Last night (Saturday) Kaitlyn was driving on I85 and was involved in a serious car accident. Details of the accident will be omitted in this post due to possible legal involvement. The four occupants of the other vehicle involved are stable, awake & the most serious injury among them is broken bones.

Kaitlyn is in stable but serious condition. DO NOT be misled by the word stable. She has a large laceration to the back of her head that required staples. She broke a rib & her scapula. She was without oxygen for an unknown period of time. Kaitlyn is in a coma, on a vent & has a very serious brain injury.

She had a procedure earlier today where an electrode was drilled into her skull so they could monitor her brain pressure. She has had an MRI and 2 CT scans. After a full assessment the trauma doctor told us that it has been his experience in young patients (she’s 25) with this type of brain injury that they take 3-6 months to wake up. My heart is absolutely crushed by the unknown that lies ahead.

Please pray for Kaitlyn. Pray for Kentrell; he came to the scene of the accident & saw his love being extricated & resuscitated. Kentrell had to call us & let us know what was happening…. and then the hospital Chaplain called me; we truly thought we were coming to the hospital to say good bye to our precious daughter.

But, God.

He is in the small details, the God winks, the love that has been given to us by our church family. The ability to sit here in ICU and watch as her chest rises and falls with the help of a machine.

Pray for Kaitlyn’s brothers (and their spouses/loving significant others) We have not been alone for one moment here in ICU. Each of her three brothers have come to the hospital.

Pray for Jeff & I as we navigate this scary, unknown, overwhelming territory. We pray God answers our prayers for a miracle. We know He loves Kaitlyn more than we ever could. He will use this for His glory. In his timing. We will be the buffalos running into the storm (totally a reference to a sermon that was given that completely changed my perspective on trials & ‘storms’ forever- my Crossroads peeps get this).

My God, I need you.

We are not in a position to turn away any help offered to us right now. This is the beginning of what is going to be a VERY long journey.

I have had requests for my CashApp, etc so I am putting my info below. Please continue to pray for Kaitlyn, her care team & the ones who love her. I will make time this weekend to respond to your texts, messages & phone calls- thank you for being patient with me.

CashApp~ $AngiePruet
Venmo~ -Pruet
PayPal~

Address for mail/cards
248 Glen Ridge Dr
Villa Rica, GA 30180

Even if it’s a card for encouragement, prayers to give wisdom and strength during this time.

01/04/2024

I’ve been trying to think how I could make a personal connection with people with the kids fighting to ‘get a life’ in the Dominican Republic. I’m still not sure how to do it. People connect with a natural disaster. People connect with starving or homeless kids. People connect with homeless or hungry animals. I don’t know how to help those more fortunate connect with these poverty stricken kids that are working their tails off to get to school in America so they can BREAK THE POVERTY CYCLE. Guys, these boys leave school at age 12 to help feed their families and get promises of becoming a Major League Baseball player from local scam artists…and end up back in poverty owing money to the scam artists. It. Is. Terrible. The The Baseball Island Foundation provides FREE education, teaches them English and finds full baseball scholarships for them to come to America to play ball and get a full education. These aren’t strangers to Ron and I. We. Know. These. Kids.

They are amazingly hard workers who desperately want to break the cycle.
Right now the two in the photo below need to get to Tulsa, OK. One has a single semester left to get a college degree. I know you might not realize how HUGE of a deal this is for kids in the DR, but it is. He will have a viable future-thus breaking the cycle.

WILL YOU PLEASE help me help them. Check your airline miles. Can you provide just one ticket from Santo Domingo to Tulsa, OK? Would you be willing to purchase a ticket? The Baseball Island Foundation is a registered nonprofit. Baseballisland.org These kids have a deadline of JANUARY 10th to get to college for their scholarships to be viable. I can put you in touch with the founder of BIF if you will please just help!! Ron and I will be returning March 2nd to do more work with them. Please help these kids!! If nothing else, share this post and tag anyone you know that might be willing. I can see the shares. I’d love to see all of you at least share for me! Out of over 1000 friends, someone is sitting on airline miles or will be led to help. I just know it!❤️❤️❤️❤️

12/19/2023

Tonight at Paulding Hospital!