Our friends, the Vickers, who hosted the yard sale and made
and put out LOTS of signs and donated items and fed us lunch and… and… and …
hoped that we would raise at least $500 this weekend and we made … (drum roll)
…
$568.64
With that and what we have in the bank we are about halfway
to our next small goal!!! (Eating this BIG elephant of adoption expenses one
small bite at a time – not sure my brain can think in tens of thousands of dollars).
We are so thankful to so many who helped so much! Of course,
the Vickers, and the Waltons, McCollums, Dallas, Stricklands, and… Natalie (whose last
name I don’t know but enjoyed getting to know her) and all those who supported
us by finding their new treasures and eating some tasty snacks!
We worked hard but we had fun. And got good tans.
And I must brag on my children. Sometimes I feel like I need
to micro manage or they stand around wondering what to do next (honest Mama moment).
But I was so impressed this weekend with how they ALL jumped in to help pack,
unpack, set up, take down, sale, run errands, clean up messes, and visit with
others. All without my prompting. Thank you, Ava, Autumn, Elijah, Alex, Lora,
Jorja, Jacob, and Josiah for working so hard to help bring home your foreign
friends and call them family.
We aren’t done. We’ve posted several things that didn’t sale
to Facebook marketplace and are making more sales today. We are open to getting
more “in-kind donations” (aka your junk that could be someone else’s
treasures). We’ll continue to sale some things on Facebook (just a little, it’s
very time consuming) but will also be collecting for another yard sale at the
end of summer or early fall.
More to come!
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