On May 19, 2007, I was truly surprised! No, I was shocked, amazed, thrilled and exhausted all at once. In a previous post I mentioned that we are taking the youth to Submerge '07 in Destin, Fl. Well, in order to pull this off, we need lots of cash. So, the plan was to have a church wide yard sale to help some really terrific teens get to camp.
We announced this event for a couple of weeks in advance, and basically had nothing to show for the ink we had seemingly wasted in the weekly Opportunities Guide. Until...the week of the sale...when we were completely buried in stuff (mostly clothes...and books, and ceiling fans and shoes...you get the idea).
(Note for the future: If you have too many piles of clothing, it can overwhelm even the most crazed yard sale fanatic, and they won't bother to dig through it!)
Well, here is the cool part: We raised over $1,500 for the trip! And I was afraid we wouldn't have anything to sell. Now we aren't there yet financially, but I'm a lot more confident now that we're going to make it. Hats off to everyone who participated by donating their stuff, and to those amazing leaders, parents and teens who spent the day sweating and working together!
The best part of this whole deal is that we have a number of students who simply would not have the opportunity to go without the success of this yard sale. God gets ALL the glory! I just know that He has some amazing things in store for these students, and I can't wait to see Him blow their doors off with His glory and love in just a little under a month. Go God!!
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