Yard Sale - Again!

Hi everyone,

Most of you probably know that we had another fundraiser yard sale last week. Well - it was a complete blessing in an unexpected way.

First off - our friends were amazing. It's really touching when people give up something for friends. People gave up things for us to sell and people gave up their time. Our friends Doak and Vanessa gave up Friday night and all of Saturday for us.

Things started off slow, but picked up around 9am. We were getting a steady stream of people until 11 or 12...then the rain came. That pretty much ran off anyone else that had planned on stopping by. We found out later that 3 or 4 other (bigger) neighborhoods were having yard sales the same day. Altogether, we raised a few hundred dollars.

However - that's not it. At the end of the day, a truck came by to pick up anything not sold that we wanted to donate. We were so happy to find out that the remaining things went to a Christian ministry set up to help men recovering from substance abuse. They told us that everything we had for them was extremely needed, even down to an old, stained couch. They said the couch would be gone right when it hit the floor. They have a thrift store and all proceeds go to help the recovering men I mentioned. We were fortunate that day to clearly see His plan unfold in front of us.

Plus...there were a bunch of things that we kept from the sale that we'll be able to sell online. So...a few hundred dollars might turn into a few hundred more!

We want to thank everyone who was connected (in any way) to the yard sale...Thanks!! We really appreciate it.

Quick adoption update - There is no update :( We are still in translation and still patient. We'll let you know when we hear something!!

Love,
Phil & Amy