Well, today's garage & bake sale was a resounding success!! We raised a significant amount of money that will go a long way towards our hosting expenses. The more we shared about the Simple Obedience Orphan Hosting program and the children we'll be hosting, the more people wanted to help. So many people told us to "keep the change'' and gave donations in addition to their purchases. One sweet lady emptied all of the change from her purse and placed a huge handful of coins in my hand. Others wanted to know more about the hosting program which we hope will result in more hosting families down the road.
When the day began, we were faced with a dark sky full of menacing rain clouds that tried their hardest to dump rain on us. As the morning progressed, however, the sun overtook the clouds and it turned out to be the most perfect day. There were a couple of times that Rob had to leave so I was left manning the fort all by my lonesome. It seemed like as soon as he'd leave, a caravan of cars would pull up. Each car would be packed to the gills with kids and they all just had to run wild around our tables and rearrange everything [sigh]. It was a little nervewracking but I survived. For the most part, I let it slide but there was one little brat who thought she'd amuse herself by squishing her dirty little fingers into my cake slices!!! Let's just say she won't be doing that again. Of course, when Rob showed back up they were long gone.
My bake sale portion of this fundraiser was more of an experiment. I had no idea whether anyone would buy my baked goods. I figured if no one bought them, we'd just have to eat them ourselves, which I must admit a small part of me actually preferred. We were totally surprised when we kept having to refill the table with more muffins, brownies and cake slices and eventually sold out of brownies.
Today was an exhausting day and Rob and I both survived it on about 4 1/2 hours sleep. It will be an early to bed night for us and I just pray I can move when I get out of bed in the morning. I already feel like every muscle in my body has been stretched, pulled and twisted in every possible direction. My poor delicate and rarely used muscles aren't too pleased with me right now for making them lift and move stuff for the entire day. Oh the joys of getting old.
I can't close out this post without thanking all of you who helped us make today's sale a success by donating items for us to sell, loaning us tables, donating your time to help price things, make signs, etc. and keeping us in your prayers. We couldn't have done this without you!
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