the Yard Sale

I'll be updating this more when I'm in Thailand, promise.

Yesterday, June 9 from 8 AM to 1 PM I was having a yard sale at the Salvation Army Church on Irmo Drive to raise support. It was a beautiful, sunny day (I have the pink shoulders to prove it :) When all was said and done, a little over $1,400 dollars was raised!!!

I'm infinitely thankful to the people who helped, it was mostly my parents and their awesome friends...the generous and loving Jim and Jan Buck, the fantastic and sincere Henry and Sherri Johnson, the ever-entertaining Charles Ayer, our wonderful next door neighbors Mike and Marion Moore, and my beautiful aunt Pattie.

When I was driving away from them yesterday, I began to think...Why would those people give so much of their time and energy for me? Oh yeah, it's not about me. ha!

The night before the yard sale, I was reading in Acts, and the chapter I "just so happened" to be reading is chapter 4 and I found this verse "32All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. 33With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all."
My prayer was simple: "God, the purpose of this yard sale is to glorify you. The purpose of this trip is to glorify you. The purpose of this life...is to glorify YOU :)"