On Saturday, February 21st, the Mayo family and Uncle Greg made a trip down to the Ronald McDonald House which sits a couple of blocks down from the CHKD, where Gabbie spent her short life. Since Gabbie passed, to take the time to serve other hurting families, has been heavy on our hearts and something that we know Gabbie wanted us to do. We know that God was in the midst, as there were originally no families scheduled for this weekend, but in the past week before our planned breakfast/brunch, 10 families had arrived.. God is good. We all manned our stations of bacon and sausage-Josh and myself, pancakes-Angelina and Teresa, eggs, oven roasted potatoes and biscuits-Greg with the help of Angelina and Teresa. We all noticed just how involved and devoted Angelina was to making sure things went well-pulling her weight flipping pancakes, as well! Add fresh fruit and some pastry goodies, juice, coffee and milk and we had a very successful time of serving our fellow families who most all looked worn out and exhausted. We could very much relate to them. We had the opportunity to listen to a couple of people concerning their children-it was heartbreaking. We had invited Gabbie's primary nurses to come join us, but only Nurse Angie could make it. We had a wonderful visit with her-it was really good to see her and hear her talk about her Bible study and how she has shared with others about her relationship with Gabbie. It amazes me how God is still using Gabbie's memory and short lifetime to minister to strangers. Again, God is good.
I would expect no less from my sweet niece. She is a great helper.
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