The last 2 months have consisted of collecting, organizing, more collecting, and more organizing...
We decided to have a "pre-sale" on friday evening and an all-day sale on Saturday. We started pulling everything out on Friday around 1pm and seriously had a constant stream of people until dark. My prayer was for God to show up in a massive way this weekend, the way that he has shown up with providing SO much for our sale. Well, He totally outdid Himself!! On Friday night alone we pulled in almost $1700!!! (Needless to say, I ugly cried when we found this out.) Well, after a couple hours of sleep, we got up to do it all over again. And we were slammed! People were so generous and kind! God provided times for us to tell of His wonderful love and pursuance. He used His sons and daughters to encourage us and push us along on our journey. God was totally glorified. And at the end of the weekend, He provided $4,466.55!!! (If you include the amount Todd and Andrew have sold on eBay from the donated goods, it puts us over $5,000!) We are simply speechless. God is a good good father.
And we seriously couldn't have been able to do a fraction of these without our amazing small group! What an immense privilege it is to do life with these families and how incredibly humbling it is to watch as they selflessly spend HOURS & HOURS working this amazing fundraiser for us!
The love we received from those who donated SO much, who came out this weekend and purchased items, who have prayed for this event, helped take care of Madilynn, and helped us stay sane during this process... we are so thankful.
To our future baby: You will never understand HOW MANY people can't wait for you to come home and HOW MUCH these people already love you. You. Are. So. Wanted.
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