Story of the Week: 12/12/08

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December 12, 2008

Hello, friends. Here’re some quick angel announcements, just to keep you going during this hectic season.
—Ta-Da! I’m announcing the opening of my BLOG. Same email address: http://joanwanderson.com but it is easier to get around the site, you can leave comments, and we’ll be posting the Story of the Week (if I can figure that out!). This site is meant to be a place where you can come when you’re a little down, click on an angel story, and be renewed. Please visit whenever you need a lift.

—I wanted to let you know that the Cayces had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, thanks to many of us. For those who are new to this list, some of us help a charitable organization in Arkansas, which ministers to the poorest of the poor. They sponsor clothing and food giveaways, and occasionally serve a meal. Joannie told me that they fed over 2000 people on Thanksgiving, and all the clothes were gone when the day was over. Now, of course, the Cayces are gearing up for Christmas. They especially need little toys (new or used) like Barbie dolls, Matchbox cars, crayons and other items so every child will have something. It’s always a challenge for us, and with the cost of necessities (to say nothing of postage), I know it’s hard. I mention it to keep you informed, but please remember that prayer is the most important gift you can give to people who work with the poor—and we can all do that! If you want to help, now or at any time, mail things to
Joann Cayce Charities (this is tax-deductible), 403 South Second Street, Thornton Arkansas 71766

—You might remember Antoinette Burney 2972 Pacific Ave. Apt. A. Long Beach , Calif. 90806. I have mentioned her before. She knits blankets for Native Americans at her end of the country, so if any of you are knitters with leftover yarn, send it out to her.

Here’s a quick angel story that appeared on December 4th in the Mansfield News Journal:

Dan and Kathy Miller had an unexpected guest for Thanksgiving last week—but the visitor was welcomed with open arms. “My husband and I were out cutting wood after dinner,” said Kathy. “When we turned around to walk back in, I just stopped and said to Dan, ‘Oh my God. Do you see what’s on our roof?’”

With warm-ish temps that day, most of the snow atop the Millers’ Lexington home had melted. The white stuff that remained on the back roof looked an awful lot like a shimmering apparition from Heaven.
“He said, ‘Yes, I see it. It’s an angel,’” Kathy said. “I said, ‘Yes it is.’ It was remarkable. You couldn’t miss it.”

Kathy said she immediately took Dan’s cell phone to snap a photo of the angelic silhouette and text it to her son. Her brief caption read, “Angel on the roof.”
“He called back and said, ‘I just can’t believe that. That’s so neat,’ ” Kathy said. “There was no other snow anywhere else on our roof. We took another picture of the other side of the house, which is actually more shaded, and there was no snow there, either.

“We’ve lived here 14 years, and we know where the sun comes up and goes down, and we’ve had snow on our roof countless times, but this is the first time we’ve ever seen anything like this.”

The snowy white figure remained long enough for the couple to take more pictures on both Thursday and Friday. “My husband went outside on Friday and then came back in and said, ‘Hey, I need the camera. It’s still here,’ ” she said. “It stayed there two full days, but then melted on Saturday.”

Kathy called the sight a humbling experience. “You have trouble not crying about it,” she said. “By all means, we do believe in Jesus and angels, absolutely. I almost didn’t say anything because it felt kind of personal, but people told us, you should let others see this.”

Kathy said she has no idea why the angel figure appeared. “I can’t say we have turmoil here, we have a very happy life,” she said. “And we’ve always felt good here, so I can t tell you it felt different with her there. It just felt like a blessing. I guess someone’s watching over us.” You can try to access the photo by clicking on
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200812040700/NEWS01/81203037

Back next week with our Christmas story.