Thank you for all who participated in the April giveaway. Isn’t God good? It was so encouraging to read your stories of faith and victory in Jesus. Thank you for sharing your testimony with every one.

The winners will each receive the Forget-Me-Not-Faith workshop CD by Jill Novak and a beautifully designed Forget-Me-Not-Faith bracelet by Donna Jones.

However, everyone who participated this time is a winner. We want to bless  you all with a free mp3 download of this inspiring workshop.

We will upload it this weekend and contact you on Monday the 24th by email to give you the link.

The winners are Lori, Meredith and Malori.

They said,

Dear All,
God has granted me the requests of my heart with a precious baby boy. Each day his life is so precious. This gift, my heritage from the Lord, wouldn’t be so precious without walking a terribly, difficult journey of loss. It represents the contrasts in life. Dark, light, night day. Without the pain on the journey, the joy wouldn’t be so great. After being told I would never again have a baby without the help of an egg donor and choosing not to accept this option, I was devastated to think that I may never have any more children and that in some way my gift of being able to give life to another child was gone. It is so hard to walk this road without feeling that in some way my worth as a woman was affected. It was in walking this road to discover God’s truth found in His word, to embrace and walk this by faith, that I found victory in knowing His love for me. My worth was not based in whether or not I would be having any more children, rather in His love for me. Then as I walked through 2 subsequent losses of miscarried babies, truly miracles to me, after being told I could never have any more children, my faith was tested supremely. As I chose to not believe the lies of the enemy that God had somehow forgotten me or why had these things been allowed to happen to me, rather that God loved me and had a plan beyond what I could see, I would CHOOSE to believe HIS TRUTH. In the midst of accepting my circumstances I found peace in my circumstances, but I also was granted the gift of my baby boy. The Healing for my Heart was the greater gift I would say. Amazingly within my circumstances today, I still struggle to rest in Him and His plans. I am thankful for the opportunity to remember this journey and His faithfulness, to hope and believe, to let my faith grow deeper to result in a deepened faith and surrender to my Heavenly Father. – Lori

As an overseas missionary a few years back, we had experienced a drop in support and a weakening of the dollar and things were really tight. I was nursing a little one and desperately needed meat protein in my diet–as well as wanting to feed the rest of the family well. During a six week period of leanness of support, we watched God supply everything we NEEDED at just the right moment. Whether it was someone reimbursing me for Bible study materials (the equivalent of $10 or $20) or someone blessing us with a bag full of chicken and even some ground beef! God provided over and again and allowed us to experience that leanness for HIS glory…so we could also experience His blessing! – Meredith

For most of my life, I’ve always dreamed of getting married and being a mom. As I grew up, I dreamed of that special guy who would one day be my husband, and I began begging God to send him to me…sooner rather than later! I’m still very young, 23, but at times it seemed like He was going to make me wait FOREVER. But in the past month, I have been discovering God’s faithfulness in a new way…He has been so good to me and has sent me an amazing, Godly young man, with whom I am growing in friendship and in faith. Seeing the Lord’s plans slowly unfold has been so beautiful, as Christ is the center of this relationship and I firmly believe that He brought us together. I am eager to see what He has in store for our future! – Malori

Lori, Meredith and Malori will each receive our Forget-Me-Not-Faith CDs and our Forget-Me-Not-Faith Bracelets!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

We are giving away three Forget-Me-Not Faith Cd’s by Jill Novak* and three beautifully designed Forget-Me-Not bracelets by Donna Jones.

To enter: Leave a comment telling us about a special time in your life when God met a need or answered a prayer and your faith grew as a result. Mothers, daughters and grandmothers are invited to leave a comment.

May God be glorified as we remember what He has done, what He is doing, and what He is going to do in the future.

Names will be drawn on May 7th. This is a very special giveaway, so tell your friends to join our facebook fan page and leave comments, too.

*Forget Me Not Faith Workshop on CD ~ God is writing “His” story every day, and its right at the end of your fingertips. This workshop by Jill Novak will inspire you to record your family’s spiritual journey with purpose and clarity. Reflections, observations, prayers, testimonies, tributes, poetry, and letters can all be preserved in a Book of Remembrance (Malachi 3:16) that will strengthen your faith and make an eternal impact for generations to come.

Blessings,
Jill

Thank you for all who participated in the March giveaway. The beautiful 2009 Spring issue and accompanying workshop Cd’s for mothers and daughters are on the way to each of our winners.

Stay tuned for the April giveaway, soon to be announced!

The winners are Melanie, Alicia, and Jamie.

They said,

“I appreciate my mom for teaching me to see God’s beauty all around us. Little things and the big things. My mom taught me how to cook and keep house for my family.” – Melanie

“I love how my mother was typified by her love for God and for good toward other people. ” – Alicia

“My mother taught me about unconditional love. She loved everyone like they were family. I wish my children could have met her. She would have been the most amazing grandmother.” – Jamie

Melanie, Alicia, and Jamie will each receive a Make it Lovely Girlhood Home Companion issue from Spring 2009 and the companion workshops for mothers and daughters by that go with it!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

In case you missed the January giveaway, here’s your second chance! We’re giving away 3 more issues of the 2009 Spring Edition of The Girlhood Home Companion (Make It Lovely) and the Mother/Daughter workshop cd’s that go along! Contest ends midnight March 31st, 2010.

To enter this giveaway, please suggest The Girlhood Home Companion facebook page to your Facebook friends (see “suggest to friends” under the page image). Then post here to tell us what you appreciate the most about your mother!

Oh, and tell a friend to enter the giveaway too!

Blessings to you,
Jill and Eric Novak

Thank you for all who participated in the January giveaway. The beautiful 2009 Spring issue and accompanying workshop Cd’s for mothers and daughters are on the way to each of our winners.

Stay tuned for the February giveaway, soon to be announced!

The winners are Carol, April and  Bridget.

You said,

“I appreciate my girls’ desire to grow into young ladies and their close relationship with me. My oldest is a little budding artist. My second daughter is a craft queen. My youngest daughter just loves to dress up and cuddle!” – Carol

“I love my daughter’s pure heart, her love of her family and her love of animals.” –
April

“I love my daughters joyful spirits and their willingness to help.” – Bridget

Carol, April and Bridget will be receiving Make it Lovely issues and Mother Daughter CDs!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

We’re filling orders today, but Eric will be leaving in a few minutes to go over and help take care of Grandpa. We are working diligently to get caught up on the last minute orders right before Christmas, and will resume filling all other orders on Monday the 4th. I ran out of cases for The Pebbly Brook Farm Stories and those are here now, so if you’re waiting for Pebbly Brook, it will also be going out early next week.  If you have any questions about an order feel free to contact us at publisher@remembrancepress.com. We thank you for you patience.

Happy New Year,
Jill Novak

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Late last night, when you were probably all asleep, we drew names for the week five shopping spree and giveaway. First of all we want to tell you how moved we were by the memoirs of Christmas past and present. What precious testimonies about love for family and the faithfulness of God in hard times. Thank you again for sharing your hearts. We are going to print your comments out and read them aloud to our family and relatives on Christmas day.  You may want to do the same.

Well, I’m sure you’re anxious to know who won the contest. The winners are as follows:

The winners are Cinnamon, Kristen, Angela, Bernadette, Jen and Joan.

You said,

“I think my favorite Christmas memory is the year we were building our home. Our 8 children were small, all under 13. We needed a tree so our 8 yr old son went out on our 10 acres and chopped a tree down for us. He set it up in our living room which had no insulation, no carpeting, and electrical wires sticking out everywhere. It was an exact replica of Charlie Browns Tree and by far the most special tree we’ve ever had.” -Cinnamon

“My favorite Christmas experience … probably this year. The chaos of small children has settled into having a new 8 year old and new 5 year old, which means we get to be more purposeful in creating our holiday traditions. The kids’ favorite right now is our Lego Advent calendar. Another tradition we’ve adopted is assembling a (pre-made!) gingerbread house.

Also special … we’ve taken to marking ornaments that are tied to memories. We get lots of gift ornaments, for things like Christmas pageant participation and classes and random things, and it’s hard to remember from year to year what each one represents. THIS year I am trying to be handier with a pen, to mark (on the ornaments that can handle it) the date and event and child it is for. Very special! And someday the kids can have these memory ornaments for their own family trees.” – Kristen

“My most cherished memory is when my children were younger, and they memorized and acted out the birth of Jesus for extended family. It was precious!
Thanks for the contest!” – Angela

“When I lived in Sweden in the 1990’s the family redecorated the house with everything. They even changed the curtains. It was cold and dark but the houses were filled with candle lights, red and greens and the most delicious food including spicy ginger bicuits, ginger bread houses and all kins of wonderful things. They celebrate on Christmas Eve which was so much fun with 4 little children in the house.” – Bernadette

“My favorite CHRISTmas memory is the when my husband FINALLY purposed to me. We had been courting for 2 years which to me seemed like a life time. But it was the events that happened after that are more important to us. In April of 05 my sister developed a brain infection (she was also 6 months pregnant), the chances of her surviving were slim to non. I was not a believer at the time nor was my fiancee. But my parents are very strong Christians. They rushed my sister into surgery. I remember my parent’s Pastor coming to the hospital and me being so full of anger I didn’t want to hear anything he had to say. My sister was brain dead when they started the surgery, but by the grace of God my sister survived, so did her unborn child who is now a very active 4 year old. Fast forward 5 months to September my husband was at work and we felt as if our world was crumbling in on us. We were in financial ruins and down as deep as we could go. He could not get any other radio station in at work except for a Christian station, after the speaker was done on there he gave an alter call and my husband accepted Christ as his Savior. My husband called me crying and told me what had happened. Growing up in a Christian home I knew what had happened. I fell to my knees in submission to Him. We were married in Novmber. That first CHRISTmas as Husband and Wife was also our first CHRISTmas as children of God!!! What a wonderful experience. I could go on and on.

Thank you for the give-away and giving me a moment to reflect on the important times. I will post about your give a way on my blog. I have wanted to get some of your magazines but we just have not had the money. What a blessing this would be!!” – Jen

“Such a precious memory of sitting at the top of the stairs with two of my sisters with our Daddy and waiting for Mom to finish turning on the tree and the candles in the windows and then Daddy rushing down the stairs to await his little girls as they came down and saw the tree and the gifts they had had asked for under the tree. He died when I was almost 14 and that memory of a Father filled with love made it easy for me at age 37 to picture a Heavenly Father who loved me and would forgive me of my sins as the Pastor explained that Sunday morning so many years ago. As a Homeschooling Mom for 12 years now, many times I have failed and yet many times I have crawled back into the arms of my Heavenly Father and asked for His forgiveness and wisdom and He has never ever failed me.” – Joan

Angela, Bernadette, Jen and Joan will be receiving a Comfort and Joy issue.

Cinnamon and Kristen will be receiving the $50.00 shopping spree!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak