4tunate $4 Friends

{I Want To Be Wilder is taking a break this week so I can share something really wild with you…}

When we found out my dad was sick (speaking of which, I need to do an update soon!) you might remember I called my sisterchicks to come help me out. We spent a few hours making some freezer meals and talking about how God had ridiculously blessed us to have each other in our lives. Every day I am thankful for their huge support of me and my family.

Once most of my chickies got involved in the bloggy world and then after our big trip to Blissdom this year we added a few new ladies to the fold (the coop? the henhouse? the nest?). The 9 of us spend waaay too much time skyping, tweeting and generally hanging out online. It’s very hard to describe if you’ve never met or had online friends. But I can say without hesitation that all the sisterchicks—near and far are hugely part of my family and my heart.

Last week a few of us were on Skype talking about who knows what (and using all sorts of emoticons, I’m sure) when Jen (the fabulous QuatroMama of 4tunate.net) got on to chat. She had been having a hard time, not just that day but for several days—her quadruplets were sick (that’s 4 THREE YEAR OLD BOYS, folks!), she was sick (like needing steroids sick), her mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer, her father has had a reoccurance of cancer and she was just OVER it.

Right then, Tricia wrote, “Let’s pray for Jen. Five minutes. Let’s type our prayers.” And folks, if you had been there, you would have felt it. Say whatever you want about emotions and God and goosebumps, but He was there. In our Skype conversation. We all prayed for Jen for 5 minutes and we were all crying at the end of it. It was a precious hug, a sweet shower and a circling the wagons for Jen…and for the rest of us.

Jen had to check on the quads (4 THREE YEAR OLD BOYS!) at bedtime so as soon as she left our chatroom we all kind of looked at each other (well, sorta) and said, “Dang. I wish we could do something for her. Wouldn’t it be great if we could bring her a meal or something?” Alas, none of even live in the same state as Jen. Suddenly a light bulb went off in our heads and we rallied all the sisterchicks together (“to thebatcave”). We started a private chatroom and said, “How can we do something nice for Jen?”

And our 4tunate $4 Friends was born. We are going to take the next FOUR days to ask you to join us in sending a virtual casserole to Jen’s house by donating FOUR dollars to 4tunate $4 Friends. Every penny will go to Jen so she can stock her freezer and her pantry full of food. We even asked some big Once-a-Month-Mom cooks if they’d like to get involved and next Saturday one of them is literally showing up at Jen’s door to bring her food. Someone who just heard about Jen and joined their heart with ours. They are going to be our hands and feet to deliver some love to Jen.

Would you like to do the same? Just click the button below and $4 will be sent to Jen. If you don’t have 4 bucks, could you spend 4 minutes in prayer? You can write the prayer, say it while your doing the dishes or driving your car. But I know she’ll feel it just as clearly as we did a few weeks ago.

Jen, I love you girlfriend! I’m in awe of your strong determination, your amazing faith and your encouraging spirit. I hope you feel this is the next best thing to me showing up on your doorstep with dinner! xxoo

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