We had a fantastic weekend doing our fundraiser! It was a lot of work (and we are exhausted) but we were able to raise $1371.14 ($8.33 was from Megan and Emily's lemonade stand on Saturday) toward our adoption expenses. We are so thankful! Thank you to everyone who donated, to everyone who shopped, and to everyone who helped spread the word. We had so many shoppers come and tell us that they came because of a mutual friend who told them about it or shared our post on Facebook. I also want to give a special thanks to my parents, Tony's mom Star, and my friend Katie for volunteering. We could not have done it without you!
We loved sharing our story with everyone and anyone who would listen. We are thankful for our friends (and even strangers) who stopped by and bought a few dollars worth of trinkets and wouldn't accept change from us. We were amazed that strangers would drive by, read our sign, and just hand us a dollar for a good cause. We are overwhelmed with the generosity of strangers who went home and brought us more things that we could sell!
Remember the story of the loaves and fish from the Bible (Matthew 14:13-21)? And when Jesus had multiplied the little that was given, there were 12 basketfuls left over? That's what we had last night, except that we had 3 pick up trucks full plus a trailer that we were able to give to a church that has just purchased their first building, but that building needs repairs and they are having garage sales to raise the money for those repairs. (The last picture is of the leftovers. It filled our side yard!)
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