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Notes from this week:

Thank you to the following for their donations. If you can use these businesses in the future, it would be a great way to acknowledge their support. Also, please add these folks to your prayers.

• Johnathan of Hill's Plumbing in Mars Hill came to fix the water heater within 12 hours of contact.
• Mars Hill Hardware donated a lock for the storage unit
• Blue Mountain Storage gave me a good discount on a unit to store our overflow supplies
• St. Brendan Catholic Church in Hilliard, Ohio, and Deacon Doug, brought 19 volunteers and a ton of supplies, unloaded their supplies plus helped unload two other truckloads of donations. They also delivered to Sacred Heart in Brevard and stayed two more days to do physical work in the area.
• Gerard and John from Our Lady of Lourdes in Maryville, Ohio, who were challenged by the members of St. Brendan and took the challenge.
• Pastor Stephen Hebert, Watson, LA, is organizing supplies in his area, sent two truckloads this week and is sending more this weekend.
• The congregation of Live Oak Church in Watson, Louisiana 
• Cassidy and John from Like Oak delivered 8 pallets of supplies at 10 pm after having a flat tire in Atlanta and hitting ATL rush hour traffic.
• Brad and Ricky from Baton Rouge FD brought a truck and trailer of supplies.
• Kenneth and Amanda brought supplies from Louisville, Kentucky and have stayed on in Burnsville to help with search and rescue. They left their 5-year-old son with Grandma and have been here since Monday.
• Jennifer of Sanford, NC sent Chris and Randy with a trailer full of supplies 

Y'all, there is no way I can give enough thanks to Cody, Kyle, and Clay Jamerson. They have answered every call I've made for heavy lifting. Kerri comes to St. Andrew every day to keep things organized and her boys have been right here every day. Please thank them profusely.

Laura Velazquez is an amazing organizer and leader of the supply center at Sacred Heart. She has worked with many Yancey County agencies to provide services to the communities of Yancey and Mitchell counties. The Teen Youth group at Sacred Heart have worked so hard every day under Laura's direction. They are unloading donations, loading supplies for needy families, and keeping the place stocked and organized. Please give a HUGE thank you to Laura and the Teens.

If I've missed anyone, I'll get them on the list next time.

All faith formation at St. Andrew is on pause until further notice.

RCIA will meet on Monday via Zoom.

St. Andrew Parish Council meeting has been rescheduled to October 28

• Both churches are serving as distribution sites for all members of the communities.
• Even if you are doing well right now, please come get food from our supplies.
  Every penny you save on groceries today is a penny you can donate for the thousands of other needs our community will face in the next months. (drywall, lumber, car repairs, etc) You can donate what you save to the parish charity accounts.
• Father Anthony continues to celebrate all scheduled Masses. If you would like to make confession, see him before or after any Mass.
• If you are concerned about a friend that you haven't heard from, please let me know. I will do my best to check on them. 

If you have clean dry storage space, and are willing to share it with us, please let me know. As you will see on Sunday, our buildings are running out of space. I am determined not to turn away any donations. 

If we say "no" to a donor, we are denying their blessing and maybe shooting ourselves in the foot. We are in a marathon, not a sprint, and since it will be many months before we are recovered, we will continue to need support, despite the "do it for myself" attitude ingrained in many of us. 

Let me know your news, good and bad. 

Love to all of you.

Kelly

PS, a personal story. 
When the guys from Ohio were here, I was having a really tough moment or two. I walked out to the children's garden and said, "God, help me to do this. I'm not sure I can keep doing this." After a few minutes, I walked back around to the front of the church. One of the Ohio group looked at me and said, "You look like you need a hug." He hugged me, and y'all, it was like God was patting me on the back. I could feel God's love through Joe's hug. And I was restored to keep on keepin' on.