MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We had over 250 Bags of Blessings donated to Living Water this year--outstanding!

Maria Guevara blessed us with some special treats at Christmas.

We handed out our Christmas groceries in the SNOW! It really was fun!!


We had all hands on deck.

Our own Santa---braved the snow for us!

Merry Christmas to the friends of Living Water!! We are so grateful for everyone who has blessed Living Water this year--whether it was through bringing a load of clothing, a Bag of Blessings, volunteered, or made a donation. It's been an EXCEPTIONAL year at Living Water! We've added a number of volunteers this year--including some former clients. That blesses our hearts. We've seen donations from new friends. But most importantly, we've had 68 people give their lives to Christ this year through this ministry!!
We just want to thank you for your involvement. Please pray for us in the coming year. We want to do everything to the praise of His glory!
If you intend to make an end-of-the-year donation to Living Water, please mail it to us at 103 W. 4th St., Borger, TX 79007 to arrive in our mailbox on December 30. Our office will be closed the week of Dec. 27-31.

Thank you, again, for all you do for Living Water. We pray each of you are blessed in 2011!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Becky Dietz

Living Water's Volunteer Appreciation Christmas Party

Living Water had their first-ever Volunteer Appreciation Christmas Party this past Thursday, December 2nd. It was so much fun! So we thought we'd share some photos of this event with you.

This was the Christmas tree we put up in our chapel--where we had our party. We'll be having a drawing to give it away to one of our clients at our Christmas Food Distribution.

Debbie Chowins made cookies for our party.

We thought they were so cute--but they were also delicious!

David & Lindsey Dietz catered and served for the evening.

The decorations were really pretty.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Gib Welch (right) was honored during the evening for being the Volunteer of the Year for the Panhandle of Texas!

Micah Scheffler was honored for being our youngest volunteer of 2010.

Jess Bonner (head of table) was our resident auctioneer for our auction later in the evening. Our volunteers brought gifts to be auctioned and the proceeds went to Living Water.

More guests

Burton & Janice Williams

Clarence McDaniel (left) was honored for his 8 years of serving on the Living Water Board of Trustees. He's been a huge asset.

We had salad, brisket, beans, baked potatoes, bread and apple dumplings at our meal.

Lindsey serving the guests

God's Country entertained us for the evening

Their band consists of Stu Denton, Sonny Clayton, Jodie Brock, Jeff Walker and Tommy Birch.

We heard some Christmas and gospel favorites.

It was such a fun night that I think we'll make it an annual event!

Holiday Bag of Blessings

Living Water is starting their Holiday Bag of Blessings campaign. We ask you to fill a bag with the items below in the quantity indicated and bring it to Living Water by Friday, November 12. This bag will be given during our holiday food hand-outs to the less fortunate of Hutchinson County. This way, everyone can enjoy a great holiday meal! Living Water is located at 4th & Main in Borger. Come to the door with the arch on 4th Street, Monday-Thursday from 9-3.

HOLIDAY BAG OF BLESSINGS

Instructions: Purchase the items below in the quantity indicated.
Place the purchased items in a grocery bag and return it to Living Water (103 W. 4th St.)
before Friday, November 12.

CAKE MIX 1 BOX Any Flavor
WALNUTS or PECANS 1 PKG.
JELL-O 1 Small Box Any Flavor
INSTANT POTATOES 1 BOX
MINIATURE MARSHMALLOWS 1 SMALL BAG
BROWN SUGAR 1 LB. BOX
STOVE TOP STUFFING 1 BOX
CANNED PUMPKIN 1-15 OZ. CAN
SUGAR 2 LB. BAG
CAKE FROSTING 1 CAN
FRIED ONION RINGS 1-3 OZ. CAN
CHICKEN BROTH 1-14 OZ. CAN
YAMS 1-15 OZ. CAN
CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP 1-10 OZ. CAN

Thank you and may God bless you!

Some Great Guys!

We have some guys who will go to any length to help us out at Living Water!!

We got a new freezer today and had to do some major shifting around to make it fit! And when you shift things around, you find things like this. Cairl Horst is quite the guy to clean up our gummy messes!!

We had to move our volunteers refrigerator into the break room to make the new freezer fit in our food room. It was quite a task!

George Nies is the former owner of Montgomery Wards in Borger. So he's a pro at moving heavy items. And we're so grateful he kept his dolly from those days!

But look at this new chest freezer---it has dividers in it! And something Gib Welch always wanted for our food room. We can't wait for him to see it!

Costume Photo Opportunity

Do you have a little angel you'd like to have photographed this Halloween? This is the perfect
opportunity for you! Images Photography is offering a free 4x5 photo of anyone in a costume Monday, October 25 through Wednesday, October 27th at 423B West 10th St in Borger, TX from 4-8 p.m. All you have to do is bring a non-perishable food item which will be donated to Living Water!! And...if you'd like to purchase 2-5x7's, it's only $10--and Images Photography will donate $3 of that to Living Water!

Get your little angel's photo taken and help out Living Water all at the same time!

Help Wanted--Food!

Living Water has a need. We purchase our food from High Plains Food Bank in Amarillo at a reduced rate. Right now, we're not able to get a lot of the things we need from them--their supply is low! If you have a group who is looking for a project, we'd love for you to help us. We need about 100 of the same items. We can use basic supplies like flour, sugar, margarine or packaged products like egg noodles, Hamburger Helper, or crackers. We could also use snack items like animal crackers, cookies or Pop Tarts. Anything will help! We're still able to get some of the canned vegetables..but could use canned meats. It will help us so much if we get 100 of the exact same thing.

If you have any questions, just give us a call at 274-6434. THANKS!!

Betty Wins!!

Betty Terry

Yesterday, Betty Terry, Gracie Boyett & Mary Jean Nies attended the High Plains Food Bank conference with me in Amarillo. It was very informative. In fact, we learned some things that we'll be implementing in our ministry in the coming days.

At the end, they always have a drawing for some great prizes. They've learned that our ministires love a good dolly! We hadn't gotten our tickets for the drawing, so I found the man who held the tickets---and he only had four left! Perfect. And the first name they called was "Betty Terry!" She chose a dolly for Living Water. We're so excited---and we know our guys are going to be thrilled. Betty offered rides around the building for $1 to try and make a little money for us, too. Way to go, Betty!!