2nd Annual Hardcore Toy Drive

Saturday December 5th is the 2nd Annual Hardcore Toy Drive. (see flyer below). At last years event we collected $100 dollars worth of toys that were donated to a local battered womens home here in Dinuba,Ca.

You may think that is not alot but considering they were all donated by high school kids within the community I call it a success.

As people start to get ready for the holiday season and we begin to prepare for this years event I am excited and hopeful to see more kids within the community come and participate in this toy drive. This gives kids the chance to do something for someone else they normally would not do.

If you are reading this and would like to know if there is something you can do...well there is:
1) Join us! Bring your kids, your friends or the neighbors kids.
2)Do not want to come to the show...thats cool you can send a toy donation in the mail to us (toys for both boys and girls)
3)You can make a donation via paypal (frank_e_reiland@yahoo.com) that will be used to either purchase gift cards or additional toys.

We want to thank Dinuba Youth For Christ for opening there youth center to us for this event and for their continued support.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us here or at frank_e_reiland@yahoo.com

Cheers
Frankie Reiland
OSC(James 4:8)

And so the show goes on.....

Saturday December 6th was kind of a big deal. "Why?" you ask. Because saturday was the first show I have done since coming back to California...let alone Dinuba!!

The bands were All Or Nothing (from Hollister), Your Pain, My Victory (Sacramneto) and two locan bands (Throne of Agony and ICATCHFIRE).



I went into this show with no real expectation....I mean come on it's Dinuba and to my suprise we had over 60 kids show up and have a good time!! Even Lindsee had a good time. She helped hand out fliers around the high school for me.

Ever since the show added Lindsee keeps telling me everyone wants to know when the next show is going to be. You know how crazy that really is and what is even crazier that my child who a year ago would have nothing to do with dad's shows was there helping and hanging out with her friends (sniff sniff)

There was one thing about the whole night that was a little of kilter and that was some of my friends were not there to enjoy the night with me....Alicia, Marshall, Thomas, Gus and some of the others but that was the first people to come to mind.

The great thing about this night was that we collected toys that were donated to Open Gate Ministries which is a battered womens shelter....So there are some little kids that are going to get a little somethin' somethin' for christmas!!

I wish people understood that this show probably meant more to me then it did the kids in the comminuty.....I am pushing 35 and the truth is sometimes this is all I know!

Number 1 question I have been asked this week is "When is the next show?" I am not sure I can promise there will definitely be another on!!

Heart for da' masses...

What do you do when you have a heart for people but it seems like you can not get your own life together...you want GOD to use you while at the same time you want GOD to change you.

Listen I am not peter, paul or stephen....I am Frankie. I desire to know GOD - I desire to breakthrough my sin - Sometimes it is easier to give up and live like the rest of the world but that is not what I want....I want GOD to use me to change the rest of the world.

Tomorrow I am meeting with the leader of YFC here in Dinuba to talk about doing a show and during our conversation today I understand his point of view....his concern is this "Where is Jesus in it?". Truth is it is a vialble point and my goal is to get a few bands together who have a heart for Christ and a desire to share the Gospel.....Man its crazy to begin to desire what GOD wants and not what I want when it comes to sharing the gospel.