Garage Sale Update

We were discussing how to fund-raise for our move and one of the options was a garage sale. Shane and I have never had a garage sale before and there is a reason for that, we knew they were a lot of work. However, funding our move to Haiti is something we were willing to put the work into. So we put out a message to our family, friends and FB connections that we were accepting donations to sell at our garage sale. The response was amazing! People began to drop things off at our house and we filled our 3 car garage with items for our sale. 

Every morning before we opened the garage sale, Shane and I prayed (and we know many friends were praying with us as well) that God would be present and that this sale would be used to glorify Him. And I believe that it did. We didn't price any of the items so every time a customer came to our garage sale we would say, 

"There are no prices on the items. We are moving our family to Haiti to be long term missionaries. We're taking donations, so if you see something you would like, bring it up to us and tell us what you want to pay for it and its yours." 

This allowed us to tell our story, or rather God's story for our life, to each person that stopped at our house. It was so much fun! 

So...I know everyone is wondering how this garage sale went. Before the sale started Shane and I thought that if we could make about $1000 for the weekend we would consider that a success. The final count for this garage sale, or 'God Sale' as Shane's calling it, was almost $4,000!!! Can you believe it?!? Only God can do something this big, it certainly wasn't us. This is 15% of what we need for our first year down in Haiti and it is SO exciting!

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 

God took all the donations that our friends brought, the time our friends, Shane and I took to set it up, and the people who stopped by and created something ONLY He can do. Something bigger and better than we could ever have imagined. What an awesome God we have! He continually affirms to us that we are on the right path.