Finished!

Our Fundraising is finished! All funds have been provided! We are so grateful to you all~ And to our Awesome God, who always provides......

When we were packing up our booth at Hartville on Monday; a sense of relief came upon me, as this was our last Fundraising event for this trip. As I pondered it, I realized we have been doing events raising funds for 2 years. And I know that when I set foot on Kenyan soil next week; I will promptly be reminded of how it was all worth it! Worth the hundreds of extra hours Bob and I have spent doing side jobs and events to reach the goal.

To those who have been at our side these last 2 years, praying, and helping, words cannot express how grateful we are! I only wish that now you could step onto Kenyan soil with us~ Perhaps one day :)

I am in crazy cleaning and packing mode this week.....slowly but surely it's coming along. Pray I can keep the energy needed to do this exhausting chore.

Until my next post, Kwaheri and Asante for everything!

Upcoming Events

Wanted to let you know what events we have coming up geared for our trip!

This weekend we will be setting up 2 boothes at the Hartville Flea Market; one booth will be my "Craft Biz" stuff; and the other booth will be with left-over garage sale stuff. The forecast is calling for nice weather, with mean lots of nice people! Here's a clip for there website re: this weekend!

Memorial Day Weekend Flea Market Special May 21, 2009 - May 25, 2009All Day

Our 69th annual Memorial Day Flea Market Special will be huge! We typically have well over 1,000 vendors and around 30,000 customers. Mark your calendars so you won't miss out on all the bargains and fun. Wear good walking shoes!

Then on Sunday May 31st we will be commisioned off by our CFCF church family! Service is at 10:30

~You are welcome to join us~

I know I say this often, but we are so grateful for your prayers and support! We love you; and look forward to coming back telling you of all the things God has done~!

2 1/2

We are down to 2 1/2 weeks! Here are some updates and prayer request as we quickly approach our departure date!

The Lord has provided more funds for us from our home church and small group! We are so thankful and blessed! So that leaves us with 500.00 to go! Keep praying!

Out of 6 large suitcases I have finished two! YAY! Only 4 to go; along with 3 carry-on suitcases; and our backpacks! This has become a little overwhelming! Please pray for me to have the energy and focus to get everything we need packed in efficient time.

This upcoming Memorial Day weekend, our plan is to sell my crafts at a booth at our local Flea Market. This is a huge weekend for the Flea Market! We need good weather however! Please pray for sunny warm weather! We need to sell sell sell..........

Speaking of selling, please continue to pray that we can sell the Piano! We have had a few emails of interest but no takers yet! It would be such a HUGE blessing if we sold it!

Thank you all so much for your continual prayers and support! You make a difference!

Small but So Significant

I was struck this past week by someone who approached me by giving me a 10.00 check for our trip. She was embarrassed due to the fact that it was so small only 10.00! It made me wonder if others are feeling the same. To us it is NOT small! To us it is big; to God it is even bigger. He can take that 10.00 and multiply it as many times He wants! It also struck me as Pamela and I were talking this week about VBS supplies and Mosquito netting, that 10.00 can Save Lives by purchasing a net and a 1/2.

God took 2 Fish and 5 Loaves of bread and fed how many! Thousands! He can do the same with a 10.00 check.

We are still in need of funds for our Ministries over in Kenya. Please continue to pray for our need and together we can Trust in Jesus to provide for our needs and for the needs of the Kenya people!

Blessings to you for giving and praying~

Update!

Rain Rain Go Away!

That was our prayer and theme for the last two days of our Garage Sale

Despite the rain we did have customers!

Not many but better than none!

We are hoping to open up again next weekend; if we can keep the tables for the week! Thank you all for your donations! We will get it all sold!

Please pray that we can sell some of our bigger items like the Piano and other instruments! (we have lowered prices on these)

Asante for your prayers and support