Christmas is Coming soon and we want to share a special Christmas project for children with terminal illnesses or special needs.  It is called Letters to Santa. 

This may come as a surprise to a lot of people who know Cephas and me because we have continually traveled for fourteen years together. The longest stop we had was a six month stay in Mount Shasta, California in 2003. While it was great fun living in such a spectacular place, the road called us to embrace yet another mission.We're not sure why the Holy Spirit brought us "home" to the place of my birth, but we are positive it is connected to working with family and meeting new people in my hometown. Cephas and I are anxious to strengthen our roots with our family so we'll be focusing that effort from a stationery home in Altoona for one year. Beyond one year, we don't know what will happen.

If you are unfamiliar with our ministry work aside from the angels for Gabriel campaign, visit our website at Angels of The Light. Keep in mind that the website has not been updated in awhile, so bear with us as we play catch up. We've been in town less than two weeks and just rented a house two days ago, so we're still moving in, cleaning and unpacking and grounding ourselves.


We'll be posting updates on the stories about Gabriel and on the new foundation in his name Angels for Gabriel. Watch for a lot of work being done through Jesus Christ in honor of this little soul who has returned to be with Him. 


Our dear sister Jan is very ill and needs some intensive surgery, so we'll be writing about this experience and asking for your prayers. We want to launch an angels campaign in her honor. Please mail cards to her now at Angels of The Light Interfaith Ministry, 360 South 4th Avenue PMB 234 Pocatello, Idaho 83201. Mark on the back of the envelope "Angels for Janis" and we'll make sure she receives them. If you want a confirmation or reply, please supply a return address or send your email to angelsforgabriel@gmail.com.


Our foundation will be launched before Christmas so please return here often to watch for updates.


God bless and keep you.
The Midnight Writer





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Some friends returned to the Antelope Creek where Gabriel drowned to place a cross and the flower wreath. I loaded the pictures onto my laptop so I could upload and share those photos here. 

Please help us raise the funds for a name plaque for Gabriel's grave. It doesn't feel right to have an unmarked grave so we are calling on all good samaritans with a heart for this cause.

I know if it was my little boy, I would want the same love and compassion for my child's burial. In fact, I had parents who helped me when my first son died as an infant, so I know how it feels to lose a child. I was devastated for months and money for a burial and funeral was the furthest thing from my mind.

Donations can be sent directly by paypal to angelsforgabriel@gmail.com or mail checks and money orders to : 

Greenwood Cemetery

1757 J Street, Arcata, CA. 95901 
(707) 822-1664.

If you send checks or money orders to the cemetery, please include a note with the child's name, "Gabriel Jaden Coates" in care of Angels for Gabriel Memorial Fund so Charles will know what it is to be used for. Donations can be made directly to the cemetery over the phone by credit card, but the manager Charles Howard, would rather have all funds go to the Angels for Gabriel Memorial Fund for record keeping purposes. He prefers it that way although we won't discourage other donations.

I know we have been asking a lot but when you do not have the money to pay for such services, what is a a family to do? I would pray and ask God to send me some angels.

Gabriel Jaden Coates, 2 1/2 after a bath.

For the love of Gabriel.

We are striving to lay him in his final resting place. Please help make that happen soon.

HOW TO MAKE A DONATION

Our efforts are going full force and we are hoping with all hope that the funds will start to roll in much faster. The total needed for the coffin at this point in time is $1417.87. We have raised $170.00 in three days so you can probably feel our anxiousness in seeing this total in donations climb.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The amount listed above is only for the coffin. To cover the burial plot and funeral services, we have been quoted $1602. 00 to cover that part of the service. It would also be nice to have some funds for the wake so we can cover some food and flowers for the grave. There is also some printing of memorial brochures that needs to be done.

If someone wants to help us with the posters and flyers and signs that Raven and I are printing tomorrow or with the Memorial brochures, please send a donation with that notation on it. It all goes to Angels for Gabriel Memorial Fund though.

We are printing flyers to circulate around Siskiyou county in hopes to inspire some local folks here to contribute to this effort of love and compassion for Gabriel and his family. That covers Weed, Mount Shasta and Yreka, California.

Gabriel is resting at the funeral parlor in Yreka so we will be staying close to him for this effort until the service on Wednesday. Afterwards, he will be transported by his father Woodstock to McKinleyville where the burial and wake will take place. We are waiting on final date, location and instructions from Woodstock (Loren) regarding those details. As soon as we know anything, it will be posted here.

We'll continue to post updates on the fundraiser so you will know where the help is needed.

If you want to send flowers, I would suggest sending them to the final resting place so I'll post that information soon. Cards should be mailed to :

Loren David O'Connor
1829 Cliff Avenue,
McKinleyville, California 95519.

Please leave your comments on this blog to let the family know you are thinking of them. Share your loving and compassionate words for them to read because they check this blog regularly.

As always, thank you for caring.

Angels for Gabriel