Garage Sale Success!

Hey y'all!! The garage sale was today and it was a HUGE success!!! I made a total of $342.45! I am super excited and extremely grateful for the many blessings God lavished upon me today! Here is just some of it:

As of early this morning I didn't even have tables for my garage sale and had no way of getting any either! (This is a big no-no in garage sale world...) So after freaking out a little, Esther and I just started doing what we could. Then, at 7:30am (garage sale didn't start until 8), a truck starts pulling up to the house and I think it's just someone who saw our signs and wants to buy something (which I didn't even have cash to give change to anybody yet... another no-no!). It turns out to be someone from church and he asks if we need help with anything. He then realizes our need for tables and offers to go get tables from the church and bring them to us!! HUGE BLESSING!!!

Then, around 11ish, there is quite a large group of people walking around shopping. I tried to make it to every customer and give them one of my fliers and talk with them so I am doing this even with a large crowd. I walk over to a gentleman and start telling him about why I am doing this garage sale, what it benefits, where I am going and why. He starts asking me more specific questions than normal and I notice he has an accent but I am not sure where it is from. We talk for a few minutes and then... *deep breath* he tells me he is FROM CZECH REPUBLIC!!!!! We then talk for about 30-40 minutes about Czech, their culture, food, currency, safety, etc. It was SUCH a blessing to talk with him and learn more about this foreign place I will be living for a year!!! It was AWESOME!!!

Needless to say, today was a GREAT day!!! It was a lot of work but it was worth every bit of it!!! Thanks to those of you who donated, helped me sort and organize sale items, allowed me to camp out in your garage/driveway all day, helped today at the garage sale and everyone who bought things today!!! Without you, it would have been so much harder and MUCH more stressful!!!

Now that I have some money, I am going to try to get some shirts to sell also!! If you have any design ideas, please let me know! I am very open to ideas currently! Also, if you know of places that do t-shirts for a good price, please let me know!! Thank you again!!

Prayer Requests:
-I would continue to be grateful to God for everything He has done!
-God to continue to prepare my heart and the heart of those I will be in contact with
-Through fundraising, others would see the Love that is Christ!

Following Him every step of the way,
Tia