There is a weird new development in my life: I find myself crying more often than not. I’m not kidding when I say it takes barely a soft breeze to get me bawling. It’s all God’s fault!
Before I started the whole WR process, I was emotional for sure, maybe only slightly more emotional than the average girl. Now, I’m a big fat cry baby. It’s God’s fault, because He has softened my heart to the consistency of room temperature butter, while simultaneously opening my eyes to all of His goodness in my life. You guys, God is seriously so, so good and He has blessed me beyond my ability to understand.
For the last few weeks, my sweet friend has been helping me gather clothes, furniture, and random “junk” from our houses, our families houses, and the houses of generous friends. Our goal in collecting the random jumble was to create an epic yard sale to help jump-start my fundraising. The day before the sale, my living room and garage were packed with all the donations.
At 6 in the morning the day of the sale my friend, my sister and I got up and unloaded boxes and bags onto tables and hanging racks. Just before 7 (our start time) people started flooding out of their cars. My family came around 8 and my mom spent most of the sale hanging clothes from more bags. It seemed as though the clothes were never ending! We stayed busy until almost 1 p.m. with a small break in people around lunch time. I started the sale somewhat skeptical, because my family had done yard sales before and never made much money. As people continued to come in droves, my skepticism faded. By the end of the sale, we had sold almost every item.
At the end, we loaded up my trunk with the few remaining things to donate to Good Will and held our breath as we counted the money. I burst into tears (is anyone surprised?) as we counted more than $1,000. God had taken an idea, a whole bunch of donations, a lot of hard work, and a little bit of faith and turned it into a very successful launch to my fundraising. With that money I was able to purchase t-shirts and bracelets to sell, and still put a portion of it directly in my World Race account.
I still have a long way to go, but being able to see every single one of God’s blessings in my life, I think I’ll be able to smile big in the meantime.
You still have time to support to my race! Check out my last blog HERE to get more info on why I need so much money and where each dollar goes. If you have any questions, comment below or head over to my social medias to ask questions there. I’m also doing a Facebook live video Wednesday, November 23 at 5:30 p.m. CT to answer questions live!
Thank you for being part of my story and for going on this journey with me. I am so blessed to have you in my tribe!
