"Our garage sale was a rousing success!
We were blessed with enough items, so that my garage was bursting at the seams. Note to self: Never ask the Lord to bless your efforts and forget His power.
We had lots of customers all day long. 7 ladies baked for the bake sale portion, and the kids took in about $70 for that alone. People from CPC who weren't even on our team came to work and help. My son's father was visiting him from North Carolina, and HE came and helped, as well. Every time I turned around, Mona was telling someone about CPC. I think she led 4 people to the Lord :-)
When we were done, Fred and Mike (with help) loaded everything into their trucks and took it to Goodwill. Mike brought back baby toys, which they don't accept, so I cleaned them up and took them to the CPC Nursery. Here's a God story: my new neighbors are having some tile installed, and the installer called his daughter and son-in-law in Auburn ( 3 hours away) to see if they wanted the perfectly good carpeting he'd removed. They came, and saw us as we were packing up. Christina, Roger and Carolina (from the Sudan, by way of Boston), told us they are opening a home for abused teens. They took most of the stuff we had left, including a large sofa bed and TV. Their truck was loaded for bear. Mona was flapping her hands with excitement at "one mission supporting another".
The cash was handed over to Natalie Sunday morning, and she counted $1677. Adding the Microsoft GIFT, she reports we should be able to give a donation of $2000-4000 to the people we are serving in the DR, whether to building supplies, computers, an individual we connect with, etc.
So, as I said, we were truly blessed in every way. We serve an awesome God!
In His name,
Helen"
Helen"
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