Another fundraiser down

Well, another fundraiser is complete and boy was it a good one. Garage sales are always a TON of work, but we were tremendously blessed this time for our efforts. We started bright and early on Friday morning and had a steady stream of shoppers until 8:00 pm. We had a beautiful day and great weather. We made over $1400 on Friday alone!!! Unheard of. We sold so much on Friday, we called friends who had offered us more stuff that we couldn't take earlier in the week and asked if they could bring their stuff for Saturday becuase we were looking slightly empty.

We had great help both days as this was such a massive undertaking that we couldn't do it alone. Our great friends Gayle and Shannon came down to help Adam while I worked Friday morning. They were such a big help getting everything out of boxes and displayed nicely. They gave it a nice woman's touch. And then when I picked up Grayson from daycare, they took him home with them to spend the night so he wouldn't be in the way on Saturday. This was such a big help. Grayson really would not have enjoyed watching some of his new toy finds being sold out from under him.

Saturday was predicted to be really hot (high of 90 deg), so we asked one of Grayson's babysitters to run a lemonade stand. She agreed and then took it to the next level. She showed up Saturday morning with muffins, cookies, brownies, lemonade, and bottled water. She was such a saleswoman and eagerly talked to every customer that came by. I think she had fun and raised $65 for us. She is quite eager for Neylan to come home too! Thanks Sami, you did a great job.

We give God all the glory and praise for this weekend. We are so excited to bring Neylan home and will gladly share with him one day about all the amazing things God did and the many ways He provided for us to bring him into our family. Our total sales for the weekend was just over $2000, which is such a testament that when you truly step out in faith, the Lord blesses in abundance!