Also offering 'Mangiamo Specialty Catering Carts'. ***Open Saturdays Nov-April. May-Oct you'll find us at the Tawas City Farmers Market 8a- sold out** My name is Julie Shellenbarger, my loving hubby & friends call me Jewels, Mom & Papa call me Lulu, but my favorite name is daughter! Have you spied Jer 29.11 on our packaging? I not only believe it, I've lived it! I am Proof of what transformation from the bondages of mental health illness, anxiety and depression and addictions looks like. I am now free of alcoholism and from generational strongholds because of God's rescuing grace. Because of His promises. Jeremiah 29.11 and John 16:33 changed my life.... 'For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you & not harm you, plans to give you hope & a future'. We are promised to have many troubles in this world, but take heart! God concurred this world! It's these promises - hope of a future and, the Lord conquering the broken things of this world (me) that are getting me thru today as I battle a new war. Hope doesn't shield us from adversities. Putting all my hope in His promises did not then mean I would not face other or worse adversities. His love and promises though are what got me through then, and is what is thru now as I battle an incurable disease. In 2021 I received a devastating diagnosis, the result of the v*x. A disease for which they say there is no cure; Cranial Giant Cell. At the time of this writing & the launch of Proof Bakehouse llc, (July 2022), I was not yet in remission & was still undergoing weekly chemo treatments and a host of other horrific medications. I subsequently lost my job in an unrelated industry -a career I had had for over 33 years, lost our health insurance BUT, I never lost my hope. The effects of the v*x also left me permanently deaf in one ear and profoundly deaf in the other. It left me with mobility issues limited use of my hand and a host of other side effects from both the v*x and the subsequent treatment. So, why would I launch a business in the midst of a storm? Because the Lord very clearly nudged me to do so. Undeniably really. If He allows us to walk though something He WILL use it! This journey is meant as part of my purpose and my obedience to Him tells me to be a good steward with that purpose. And though my life is now wildly different than it had been, it's in the best possible way different. I am still able do many things, like use the gifts He's blessed me with. God has blessed me with my baking craft, blessed me with the ability to do things that bring me & others joy. It allows me the opportunity to minister to others, to introduce them to "Hope". I am proof of transformation. I am proof of healing and walking out my faith in spite of the enemy's attacks. I am proof of His rescuing grace! I'm humbled to be able to serve the Lord in this way -baking as a ministry if you will. Being a good steward with this journey isn't always easy, there are really hard days sometimes, but all my hope is in God! His grace is sufficient! Am. Proof !
