My friend Eddie sent in this link. I thought you all would enjoy it. This ministry for children sounds like a terrific program.

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/12/all-eyes-bethlehem/news-local/

Tim and I went to get our Christmas tree last Sunday. Coach Usher and his wife have a place up on Tollgate. Last year you'll remember we went up there and went snowmobiling and got our tree from a snowy field and carried it back to the cabin on the snowmobile.

This year when we got up to Tollgate there wasn't a sign of snow anywhere. Not one little flake. We've never been to Tollgate in the winter without snow, so it was a little unsettling to see it so dry. We hung around the cabin eating chili with the others folks who'd come up to get trees and then headed out shortly after noon.

We were wandering around some fields for about 15 minutes when it began to snow. Stinging blindingly hard. I didn't have a jacket on. It had been so warm I'd left it in the vehicle. Tim ran and got it. Somebody handed me a rag to shield my face till he got back. We had inches of snow before we left the mountain. And the tree was so laden with snow we couldn't put it up. Too wet. It's Tim's chore now.