 Hi beautiful humans! It's time for another catch up on all TSP has been up to so grab your coffee and take a moment to enjoy! In June, we had the privilege of blessing a beautiful family who have experienced difficult and saddening health issues. We were very happy to receive their nomination so we could come alongside as the body of Christ and remind them of God's love and promises over their lives. The family wanted to extend their sincerest thank you to everyone who sent something; they said it encouraged them beyond words. And we want to thank you too! You are being God's hands and feet in this world - one card at a time. Next up, we have our July project! This project was for a beautiful lady named Ravonda who is in a courageous battle against cancer. We are so happy we were able to strengthen and embolden her during this trial, to remind her that she is not alone and that she is loved. We know this project meant a lot to her during this time and we ask that you all continue keeping her in your prayers. God is a God of miracles and we are believing for healing. Next we have our August project! This project was for a wonderful girl named Katie Noelle. She was having a corrective leg surgery that would require a lot of life changes, and we wanted to make her feel as loved and comfortable as possible during her following recovery. We received such an outpouring of love for this beautiful girl and she was so blessed and encouraged. It really brightened her day and made her recovery a little bit easier.
Lastly, we have our September project! We were not able to get any photos of this one but we had the amazing opportunity to bless a beautiful mom named Kelly who is in the fight against Leukemia. Our team came together in prayer and also sent cards and lovely things to remind Kelly of God's love for her and we are so happy that she was uplifted by them. Please continue keeping her in your prayers as we believe for healing. _________________________________________________________ We want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for your incredible generosity and kindness in supporting The Smile Project. Your cards and gifts have truly made a significant impact on our recipients, bringing joy, hope, and comfort to their lives. The smiles you've helped create are immeasurable, and the happiness you've brought to those in need is beyond words. God is so good and we look forward to all He has in store for The Smile Project as we wrap up the year and plan for the new year. Great things He has done and will continue to do.
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 Hello beautiful humans! We are so thrilled you're here to catch up with us on all the TSP happenings of the last few months! God has done such incredible things and we are so thankful for His blessings and grace! Let's dive right in!  Let's start off with our February Project! This project was for a beautiful lady named April who was in need of some encouragement and sunshine - and that's exactly what the Smile Project delivered! Although we don't have any photos from this project, April received so many lovely, encouraging and kind cards and gifts. She was so surprised and thrilled and each contribution she received brought her so much joy and light. She would like to extend a sincere thank you to each and every person who sent so much love and joy her way - it truly made a difference. And we want to thank you too! With God's grace, you our incredible team of contributors, are who make these monthly projects a possibility! Next up we have our March Project! This project was for a wonderful lady named Sharon who was involved in a terrible car accident earlier this year. It truly was a blessing for us to be able to come alongside her in her season of recovery. We had a wonderful turnout as you can see in the photos above and it truly did make a difference! Sharon herself wants to extend her most sincere thank you to each of the wonderful women who contributed to her project and made her feel so loved. Every little thing you all sent made her day and encouraged her heart beyond words. She felt God's love steeped into the entire box. We praise the Lord for what He is doing through our ministry! All the glory to Him. Next is our April Project! Our April Project was for an amazing man named Mr. Tim who was braving the fight against cancer. We were so blessed with the opportunity to lift him up during this challenging time. All of the letters and cards sent in for him were just in time to celebrate because he has now been declared cancer free! Praise the Lord! He is so good! We serve a God who still does miracles. We are so thankful we were able to encourage Mr. Tim and we pray blessings over his new chapter of life! Last but not least, we have our May Project! This project was for a beautiful, courageous girl named Hayley who is in the midst a difficult health battle. It meant a lot to us as a team that we were given the privilege of reminding Hayley that she is not alone, that there is a whole team of girls praying for her and that God is for her. Hayley was so encouraged and uplifted and it brought her some much needed sunshine. God is good, He is faithful and He is working on Hayley's behalf. Please join us as we continue in prayer for her!
__________________________________________ We thank and praise Jesus' Name for all He has done in and through The Smile Project these past few months and we look forward with faithful expectation for all He's going to do for the remainder of 2023! A huge thank you to each and every one of our contributors! You are changing the world one letter at a time. We love you. Great things God has done and will continue to do.  Hello there dear friends! Bronwyn Jayde here today to share with you about our special yearly Smile Project outreach! :) So, for the past 2 years, we have made little goodie bags with a Gospel tract, a $5 Starbucks gift card, and chapstick to hand out to ladies to encourage them and remind them how much God loves them! My mom, sister, and I were able to hand them out this year to 12 ladies, both at our local library and also the local Christian college. They were all THRILLED to receive one!! I am so thankful that we were able to brighten their day and share God’s love with them. “A happy heart makes the face cheerful…” ~ Proverbs 15:13 Let’s remember to pray for each one of the people who received a goodie bag. Let’s pray that they will know just how much God loves them and cares for them and that they will put their trust in Him as their Lord & Savior. To God be all the glory, GREAT things He has done!  We are as excited as always to share with you about another one of our projects we had the privilege of doing recently. :)
This project was for the beautiful Miller Family who is going through a very tragic and sad loss in their family. We were so grateful to be able to offer prayers, encouragement and comforting words to them and remind them that they are not alone during this time. The family was very uplifted when they received the project - thank you very much to everyone who contributed! We are so blessed to be a blessing and are so thankful for each and every one of you who send things for our projects. Keep shining brightly, friends! Great things God has done and will continue to do. I am so thrilled to be sharing with you all about our December Smile Project! As you can see above, we had such an incredible turnout - praise the Lord!
Our Dec. project was for a beautiful lady named Nichole who is currently in the brave fight against cancer. We were so blessed to be able to remind her that so many people are praying for her and that she is not alone. And it did exactly that; she was encouraged more than words can express. We are so blessed with the privilege of being a blessing to others! It really brought me a lot of joy to see what everyone sent in and hearing how it brightened Nichole's day. We want to thank each and every one of you who contributed to making this project possible. You are changing lives one card at a time. What you may not see as something extremely significant - writing a note or sending a gift - is life changing for our recipients. God is using you in incredible ways. Keep shining bright! Great things God has done and will continue to do.  Happy New Year 2023! We are so excited for what God has in store for The Smile Project and so incredibly thankful for all we were able to accomplish through Him in 2022. Let's catch up on all the TSP happenings over the span of the last 3 months...  In October we had the wonderful privilege of coming together to encourage and uplift newlyweds Jacob and Penelope as they trust God through difficult health struggles. We were so thankful for the opportunity to come alongside them and remind them that they are not alone, and most importantly that God is right beside them each day they face. They wanted to extend their sincerest thanks to everyone who contributed because it made a big difference in their lives and really uplifted their hearts. And we thank you as well! Seeing the impact it made in their lives brought joy to our hearts as well. Without each of your beautiful contributions, TSP wouldn't be possible. Next up, let's check out our November project...   In November our project was for a beautiful lady named Annie who is also facing difficult health struggles. It really blessed us to have the privilege of brightening her day through all of the cards and gifts our members sent in. And it did exactly that! She wanted to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated and she shared that it encouraged her so much and that she will be cherishing the notes for a long time to come. Thank you so very much for each of your contributions! As we always say, no contribution is small because even what you think of as a simple note could mean the world to the person receiving it. Lastly, lets recap what we accomplished in December...  Our co-founder Olivia organized a Christmas card outreach where she handwrote and sent out 50 cards to brighten individuals mailboxes across the US and Canada this holiday season! One of our members Lily W. organized a special Christmas Letter Exchange for our team of contributors to have fun, get to know each other better and spread cheer this holiday season. Featured below are a couple of the beautifully creative cards our members exchanged! We also had our monthly Smile Project which is currently wrapping up and will be posted soon! Sneak peak info - you won't want to miss the recap! And lastly...  Our designer Bronwyn J. organized our yearly Starbucks gift card and track goodie bag outreach over Christmas and continuing over New Years! We can't wait to finish it up and share with you all about it and the lives we were able to impact towards Christ through it.
_________________________________________ As 2023 begins, we want to extend our deepest thanks to each of you who choose to be a part of our ministry of encouraging and uplifting others with the love of Jesus through the postal system. Without the hand of Jesus over all we do and your generous support; along with each of your cards and gifts for our participants, the Smile Project wouldn't be possible. YOU make a difference. God is using you in mighty ways for His kingdom. You are a world changer for Christ. Thank you for sharing your light to others through our ministry. We can hardly wait to see the mighty ways God will move through The Smile Project in 2023. Great things God has done and will continue to do. I'm excited to share with you about the special Smile Project we did for the month of September! I wanted to do something fun for our members to get to know each other better and to help build our team even stronger. That's when I came up with the idea of sending out a form for members to sign up to be paired with one another for the month of September! Each person who signed up was paired with another member and for a month (or longer if they choose!) they encouraged, uplifted, prayed for and got to know each other better. The extra fun part of this was that everyone sent their partner some happy mail! Featured up above is only some of the incredible and beautiful mail that was sent! Look at all those lovely letters! Let's hear what a few of our members thought about this special project... "I greatly enjoyed this past month's Smile Project! It was such a sweet blessing to get to know my SP partner better. She is so sweet and has been such an encouragement to me! It was really fun sending each other a card and we have been keeping in touch through email as well". "It just so happened that my partner was a long-distance friend of mine! What a sweet gift to receive her note in the mail, filled with sweet little additions, and to know that I was being prayed for!" "I loved getting to know my partner better during this past month, and I’m looking forward to continuing getting to know and encourage her more! It was so good to get to connect with her on a deeper level...the mutual encouragement was such a priceless gift! And on top of that getting to prepare something special to send and receiving something special from her was WAY fun!! I literally nearly cried when I opened up her box...everything she sent was so thoughtful and precious, and really meant a lot I am so grateful for the chance to invest and receive investment and really hope we can do something like this again in the future!" It's an incredible blessing to see how God used this project in ways I could never have imagined! From all the prayer, to the new friendships made, to the hearts encouraged at just the right time...seeing God's hand at work in each participants life was so beautiful to witness. We will definitely be doing another project like this again in the future! Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each of you beautiful humans who participated - you are world changers. Great things God has done and will continue to do. Hello marvelous humans! Are you ready to hear the amazing things God has been up to through our ministry lately? Let's catch up on all The Smile Project has been up to the past few months, shall we? :) In April, we were blessed with the opportunity to do a project for an amazing young man named Walker who is currently battling childhood cancer. We were so honored to have the privilege to come alongside and encourage him! We had an amazing turn out for this project and knowing we were able to bring some sunshine to Walker's journey blessed us so much! A huge thank you to everyone who contributed. :)  Next up in May we did a project for an incredible family who has faced a lot of difficulties this year, from losing relatives and sickness to other discouraging hardships. We knew a Smile Project would be just the thing to lift their heads and remind them that they are not alone and of how loved they are. And that's exactly what it did! The entire family was so thrilled and encouraged as they received each card. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to each person who sent something - it meant the world of difference. In June, we did another similar project where members sent cards directly to our recipient (thus our lack of photos). This was for an amazing and beautiful mother of one of our members who has faced many discouraging and saddening life struggles this year. This project was a complete surprise coordinated by her daughter and we were more than thrilled to shower her with cards of love! We would love to share with you the testimony she wrote to us about how her project impacted her life... "My daughter found this ministry a few years ago and found it a perfect fit for her gift of encouragement and love of all things creative! She has participated in many Smile projects, and I was delighted to actually be the recipient of a Smile Project! It was SO timely. I have been facing a lot of struggles, then along comes the Smile Project encouraging me every other day or so with loads of scripture, encouraging words, stickers, small gifts and even a monetary gift from another mom who has been in my shoes! The best thing, though, is the body of Christ coming together no matter the age and sharing God’s truth to one who felt without hope and alone. I felt so blessed, loved and cared for beyond measure! Many thanks to those that participated in my Smile project! I am humbled and grateful!" This blessed our hearts immeasurably to read! All the glory to God for the lives we are able to impact and change through this ministry. The way God works is truly incredible. In July we were honored to do a project for the sweet Shephard Family who had just recently suffered the devastating loss of one of their children. Our hearts broke hearing the news of their loss and we knew we needed to lift up this dear family. Look at the incredible turnout we had for this project! The Lord is so good. Being able to bring comfort and to uplift this family, even in the smallest way, really blessed us to be able to do. One of the family shared a message with us we'd love to pass along to you all as well... "Thank-you so much for the package to me and my family. We all loved it, and we're very thankful. It brought us to tears. The littles especially loved the stuffed animals. Thank-you for all the little treats and kind notes and the time you put into that box. We all loved that." A huge thank you goes out to everyone who made this project possible! Each of your beautiful contributions makes a huge impact on it's recipient. Our August project was for an incredible young lady named Bethany who has been facing some difficult health struggles. We were so excited to surprise her with a package full of happiness and smiles! Look at that beautiful turnout! We know it truly encouraged this beautiful girl because she sent us a note that she'd like us to share with you all... "I wanted to write to let everyone from the Smile Project know that my wonderful project arrived this afternoon. It was so sweet and thoughtful of all of you to think of me. What a joy it is to realize that I have more sisters in Christ who have been praying for me. I enjoyed reading each of the cards from each person with some including a sweet little gift tucked inside. I cannot tell you how much this means to me. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This was such a blessing!" From the bottom of our hearts we want to truly thank each of you who contribute to our projects. This is why we do what we do. To encourage and uplift as many people as possible and show them how truly loved they are by God and others, and remind them that they are never alone. Lastly we would love to share a new, super special outreach mission we started for the first time in August! Our brand new local community positivity outreaches are monthly outreaches put together by our co-founder Olivia in her home city. Our very first one was her handing out sunshiny notes of encouragement that read, "You make this world a brighter place :) "; and they were a hit! Check out the slideshow down below of some of the beautiful smiles we had the honor of bringing to some beautiful human beings! As time goes on, we hope to expand and grow to reach even more individuals through our local community outreaches.
And that's a wrap! We are blessed beyond measure to be able to share how God is using The Smile Project in mighty ways to change lives across the country. None of this would be possible without the grace of God, and your generosity, prayers and notes of hope. Each of you are world changers and being able to change lives together with you is the greatest gift. Thank you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Great things God has done and will continue to do. I am beyond blessed to get to update you on all the amazing things God has been doing through The Smile Project lately. :) Let's start with our March project featured in the slideshow above. This project was to encourage and uplift a beautiful girl named Anna and I'm thrilled to say it did just that! We were so honored to be able to come alongside this dear sister as she walks through life, remind her she is never alone and of how much she is loved by God and others. Thank you to each of you who connected with her - you are making an eternal impact.
Next, I'd like to update you on our February project! :) That project was for a lovely young lady named Laura who has been facing some hard health issues during this pandemic. We did this project a little differently as we sent all of the contributions straight to her; which meant a month full of happy mail for her - but unfortunately no photos to share here. However, I am overjoyed to share that the project made a huge difference in Laura's life and encouraged and uplifted her in more ways than one. It truly brought many smiles to her face. Thank you so very much to each of you who contributed to her project - I am beyond grateful to serve with such kind and caring individuals. Thirdly, let's talk about our January project! :) The Jan. project was for a super special boy named Sammy and his family. Sammy needed some sunshine and encouraging words in his life after an life changing car accident. We were so honored to be able to make a difference in his and his family's lives and we had a truly amazing turnout for that project as well, praise the Lord! We know this project made a lasting impact for Jesus in this family's lives and brought them closer to Jesus as they faced difficult things. It blessed us so much to have the opportunity to encourage this family and let them know how many people are praying for them. Much gratitude to all of you who contributed to this super special project! God is working through each of you every month to accomplish great things in His will through your cards, letters, notes and gifts. No contribution is small - each of them make a big impact in the recipients life, and He is using each of you to change the world one person at the time. What you think isn't all that big - writing a card or sending a gift - is in reality something great. Something that blesses and changes peoples lives. It's such a joy and privilege to serve with you each month as we bring others closer to Christ. So thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Lastly, our May Smile Project releases today! *throws confetti* Check your inboxes or sign up today! Great things God has done and will continue to do.  I am very pleased to be sharing with you about our December Smile Project today! This project was for a dear lady named Mrs. Payne who has been going through a hard time, and needed some extra encouragement. I'm very happy to say that is exactly what she received!  She would like to personally thank each and every one of you who contributed. She said it meant the world to her and encouraged and uplifted her more than words can share. It blessed us so much to hear that we were able to help her as she walks through this time.
Isn't that incredible? Our bond with Christ brought us together in this ministry of encouragement through the written word - and each month we are able to help our brothers and sisters know that they are never alone, that they are loved, and that God is always with them no matter what. I'm so thrilled and honored to be the head of this ministry, and I just want to thank you all. Thank you for using your time and talents to make the world a more joyful place. You are world changers. Great things God has done and will continue to do. |
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