Happy Sunday everyone! I am currently nursing a pretty bad sunburn on my neck and shoulders from my time in the sun yesterday, but other than that, I am ECSTATIC to share with you about our yard sale the other day!
Martin's mom, Brenda, offered to host a yard sale for us a few weeks back to raise money for our trip. We were both thankful for her offer and excited to see how God would provide. I was praying that we would make $100, maybe $200 from this yard sale. I had even shared with some friends a few days before the yard sale that I was just hoping for a small success, and my friend Karrah had prayed that God would provide in a major way through the sale. From that, I was thinking, maybe we could get to $500. And even that seemed like a long shot to me!
We had so many wonderful friends and neighbors donate items to the yard sale, so much that when I showed up Saturday morning, I didn't recognize about 85% of the stuff that was in Brenda's front yard! We were beyond blessed by the amount of furniture, brand-new, and gently-used items that were donated. We were told by many of the people who came by that ours was the best yard sale in town that day!
And now, the most exciting part of this update: God took my meager request for a couple hundred, and blessed us immensely by bringing in $1,640!!!! That's more than 1/4 of our total expenses for our trip! God really likes to take our simple requests of trust and provision and show up in BIG ways!!
The majority of our total amount came from Brenda selling her hardwood flooring. I was skeptical at first that anyone would be coming to a garage sale looking for hardwood flooring, but one of Brenda's neighbors knew of a friend who was looking for some, and called up his buddy to come over and check it out. Since it was brand-new, still in the box, and we were selling it for less than half the price of what you would buy at Home Depot, we sold $930 worth to the guy!! And it was a blessing to him in return, as he was originally unable to afford hardwood flooring. His wife was so happy, she cried when he brought it home. Isn't it exciting how God works?!
We are so thankful to everyone who donated items, prayed for our yard sale, and came by! God took the biggest amount I envisioned possible from the yard sale and TRIPLED IT. And I am convinced that this is a direct result of so many of you praying for a succesful sale. Thank you all! We are thrilled to say that after this yard sale, we will be at 75% of our funding!! God is good!
Blessings,
Ali
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