What a whirlwind week and a half it has been. What started out as a little garage sale has turned into a major success. Tyler had the idea that we should do a garage sale to raise money to help bring Jonathan home. (a side note: I don't like garage sales, usually it is a lot of work for a little payoff) We decided to run with his idea because we wanted a way that the kids could feel involved in doing their part to help bring Jonathan home. We spread the word that we were accepting donations for our garage sale. Jeremy came up with a theme: Less stuff, more love. The response has been overwhelming! Our garage is full, we can barely fit it all in. What a great example all of you have been to our kids as they have seen other families support us in this venture.
As we were collecting stuff. I had the idea to post some the bigger items on Cr*igs list. I had no idea how successful that would be. As of today, we have raised over $300 just selling stuff that you donated to our garage sale on Cr*igs list. So, the garage sale is scheduled for this Sat., May 2nd and already we have made more then double what I thought we would with the garage sale. God is so awesome!!!! I will post a final number after the garage sale that so many of you helped us to achieve by your generous donations.
I can't wait to one day tell Jonathan how so many of you helped to bring him home. If you think about it, pray for us this Saturday as we hold the actual garage sale, pray for a beautiful day, and that God will bless our sale. We are so fortunate to have so many friends and family supporting us in this journey- The journey to bring Jonathan home!
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