pickle time!

 If you know me, you know what time it is right now! And for those that don't know me.....IT'S PICKLE TIME! What this means is that the cucs are planted and starting to grow! This is a project I have been doing for many years to help fund-raise for my mission trips. 

I know you are wondering, "Autumn, why did you start this?" Well, let me tell you the back story!

My pickle recipe is my G.ma recipe. I started making bread and butter pickles for my dad and cousin. Then one day, I had someone ask to try them and they loved them, so I started making some for friends. Then one day, someone came to me and said I should sell them to raise money for my mission trips. She said I should call them Autumn's Mission Pickles. So guess what, that is exactly what I started to do! 

Then after a few years, some special requests came in for dill. I researched and found a recipe that I like. Then some were asking for spicy. So I started that. And this is how my pickles evolved. I have a following of some that want some every year. I enjoy canning them. Don't get me wrong, it is A LOT of work. But it is only for a few months then the pickle season is over!

I love working along with my dad. He plants the garden and I make the pickles. It is a family effort.

We even have our guards to keep watch over our little plants!

I know you are enticed to want some and I'm sorry, but I only make them for local delivery. (darn). My production is not that large and I only make enough for my yearly trips. I am praying that I am able to have an increase in my fund-raising so that I can go on a few more extra trips. I am looking at planning my next year and have 3- 4 trips that I would like to take. A couple require plane flights, but 1 I can definitely drive. The other is a little distance and could drive in 12 hrs. 

I am also thinking of returning to Honduras next summer, maybe. We will see what God has in store for me for 2026.  For now, I have one trip left for 2025 in August. 

So now I am focusing on pickles! Pre-orders have been good and I hope to increase sales as I start to make them. I am also working on my spirit and mind and focusing on my daily talks with God. He is preparing my heart and mind for bigger things. I can't wait to see what He is going to do through me!

Question for you to ponder...Are you bearing good fruit? Do you just do things to just get through the day, just to survive or are you living your life? Are you proud of what you do, what you say, or are you just going through the motions? 

Live your life to the fullest! 

Psalm 37:4 states, "Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." 

Colossians 3:23 states "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."

Blessings to all,