Valentine's Day Cookie Give-away

Well, despite the snow on the ground and the schools closing, we had a great cookie give-away. We had a little confusion getting started because the weather was bad, but we got it together. The giveaway girls were MariLea, Karen, Teressa, Melissa, and myself. We met at the church in Dublin, went to the Dublin City Hall, all three banks, and a few businesses, then headed for Stephenville. We stopped at a couple of stores, but were going through cookies too fast. We stopped for lunch (of course we had to include a lunch, and we gave a cookie to our hostess),

then went to the Fire Station and the Police Department.


Up to that time, almost everyone we met was thrilled to recieve a Valentine Cookie bag. People were very nice and grateful. The next stop was the local hospital. We gave away cookies in the lobby, to some nurses, and the staff in the emergency room. We stopped a young woman and offered her a cookie. She took the cookie and then told us that she had been sent to tell us that we were not allowed to do that. She was embarrassed and really felt bad. Someone had called her and complained, so she had to enforce the "no solicition" policy. It seemed funny that no one turned down the cookies. Someone took a cookie, then called to complain! While the young woman was telling us we could not give them away, Karen went down the hall and gave some. We told the woman not to worry about it, we were fine. The truth is, we all felt like God was saynig that is enough here, I want you to take cookies somewhere else. So, we went to the court house, and finally made one last stop at the newspaper office. We had a great day. It was such fun, giving small gifts. We pray that at least one person who received a cookie bag would understand that we truly meant it as a small reminder of God's love.