Mr. Krueger's Christmas

December 12, 2010


On Sunday night, we were watching Mr. Krueger's Christmas. It was the first time Brennan had watched the show. All the boys seemed to really enjoy the movie.

We were watching the scene when Mr. Krueger was praying to Jesus. Brennan turned to me when the scene was over and said, "Mom, I started to cry when he was praying." I asked him if he knew why he was crying. He said, "No." I told him that it was the Spirit he was feeling. Sometimes when we are so happy, our heart is so full, that we cry. Brennan then tells me, "I did feel happy." We talked about how the Spirit will testify to us of truth and we feel happy. 

What an amazing experience. Brennan is becoming a boy with a lot of faith and a strong spirit.

Baby Blankets for Afghanistan

Babies: A sweet new blossom of humanity.-- Author Unknown

This fall I had the opportunity to be part of a service project. Here is the story:

October 19th, 2010

For all local friends and family:

I have a neighbor who’s son is serving in Afghanistan. Her nephew is also in Afghanistan serving in a Military hospital as an anesthesiologist. At the military hospital women come from the outer villages to deliver their babies. The people are so poor that these moms have nothing to bring their babies home in. The soldiers are literally taking the T-shirts off their backs and shredding them to make “blankets” to give to these new mothers so they have something to wrap their new babies in. 

As a mother, I know how you pray for 9 months for the safe delivery of your baby and you want the very best for them. How thankful I would be for anyone who would give my baby something warm to sleep in.

We are collecting items to ship to the military hospital. We need to ship by Nov. 1st so they arrive before assignment changes. We want to make sure the baby items get to her nephew. If you have anything you’d like to send over, you can bring it to my house anytime. Items needed: small baby blankets, booties, fleece to make more blankets and hats with, baby hats, baby sleepers.

Becky Norager Bosen:  

K, I will pick up some blankets asap.     October 19 at 5:07pm

Anna Golightly Jeffs :
Thanks Becky. I should have posted the items don’t have to be new, but can be gently used.    October 19 at 6:32pm

Becky Norager Bosen:
I will check out Ross. They usually have good deals on baby stuff. Hey- I summarized and re posted this. I hope that is okay. I will collect anything I can and drop it off to you.     October 19 at 8:16pm

Anna Golightly Jeffs: 

The items will be shipped directly to the afghanistan military hospital in care of my neighbor’s son’s cousin. I can get the name of the area if anyone is interested. Once the items ship the Army planes take the packages directly over and it only takes 6 to 7 days.   October 19 at 10:09pm 

Lisa Shields Free: 

Thanks for letting us know!

Anna Golightly Jeffs:

Thank you to everyone who has donated blankets and baby items for the military hospital in Afghanistan! We have already collected 60 items to send over to those babies. Thank you for your generous hearts!     October 24 at 7:54am

Ali Allred Rich: 
What do you do in your free time. Lyndsay and I dropped off homemade rolls. The Guatemala print was lovely! Thank you for doing that.     October 24 at 6:54pm

Anna Golightly Jeffs:
Ali, thank you so much for the yummy rolls. The Guatemala project sounds like it’s going well. Tell Lindsay good luck!      October 24 at 8:36pm

Kathryn Steele:
My girls and I have 8 fleece hats we made together for your project. It was fun to do them together. I’ll bring them by in the next day or so.     October 29 at 4:04pm

Anna Golightly Jeffs:
Kathryn, I can’t wait to see them. I love that you had your girls help make them. It’s such a great feeling to know you’re directly helping a little baby half-way around the world!

Anna Golightly Jeffs:

More wonderful items to ship to the babies in Afghanistan! We have collected over 100 baby items in less than two weeks. The human spirit is an amazing force in our world. I also have a friend in Boise that is having her Primary children make 40 fleece blankets to donate! AMAZING!     October 30 at 10:33pm

Lost, Then Found

Prayer, if given in faith, is acceptable to God at all times.


December 7, 2010


Brennan was in his 2nd grade classroom and he needed to find a new AR book. While he was looking over the books, his class left to go their next activity. Brennan thought his class was going to 5th grade buddies. He was lost and told me this story:


Brennan told me, "I looked in the 5th grade classroom and I didn't see anyone, so I went back to my classroom. I was thinking, where could they be? I was thinking, thinking, thinking and so I went back to the 5th grade class again to double-check. When my class wasn't there, I headed back to my classroom and I decided to pray. I prayed that Mrs. Inderrieden would have a feeling that I was missing and come back to get me or send a student to find me. I looked up at our daily schedule and saw "Success Maker." When you use the computer in Success Maker and get a question right, it makes a sound. Well, God sent me that sound when I looked at the words. Then I knew that's where my class was. I just didn't know how to get to them without getting in trouble. Then Indyana came to get me – just like I prayed! Then we both walked back to Success Maker together."


That night Brennan said his prayers and said, "Thank Thee for answering my prayer when I was sad and alone and sending someone to find me." Brennan then told me, "I'm glad you told me I could pray for help at school or I probably wouldn't have prayed."


On December 27th I received this e-mail from Brennan's teacher:
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Jeffs,

Thanks for sharing this experience with me from Brennan's point of view. I'd like to add my own experience to your story:
Once I saw the empty chair in the computer room where Brennan usually sits. I asked the class if anyone had seen Brennan; when no one remembered seeing him line up with the class I had an immediate impression come to me "Send a student to find him, now." Knowing I couldn't leave the other children unattended to go look for him myself, I called the office to page Brennan and then sent one of my most reliable students (Indy) back to the classroom to look for him. Thank goodness he was there in the classroom waiting. What a blessing the power of prayer is in our lives...May Brennan never forget this simple experience as it is a witness of the Lord's watchful eyes over us all. Brennan is such a beautiful child and so full of faith, I'm sure this is only the beginning of many more experiences of faith and prayer in his life.

It's such a blessing to see children being taught faith and trust in their homes. If every child were so lucky to have parents such as yourselves. Thank you for honoring your role as parents and raising your children in light.

Wishing you a Happy Holiday and New Year!

Louise Inderrieden