Yard Sale!

The body of Christ is an amazing thing. We can’t imagine walking down this road of adoption on our own without the support of family, friends, and our church. One of our biggest supporters has been Kristin Peterson, a dear friend of ours in our care group who has such a huge heart for adoption. She came up with a brilliant plan about 3 weeks ago to host a yard sale for us. At first we were a little hesitant because after all, how lame would a yard sale be with only 4 stray items from our closet out on a table?! She convinced us that by asking friends and family for donations, we could put on a smashing good sale. She was right!

Jeff King, one of the elders at our church announced our yard sale from the pulpit last week with great gusto. Having himself adopted two little ones, he passionately made a biblical plea for the congregation to search through their belongings and to give as the early church did to those who were in need. Over the course of the past two weeks, donations have been flowing in from our church body, co-workers, family, and friends. Donations have been given even beyond those we personally know to the point where we can’t even keep up with where things have originated! Two families in particular who were visiting the church for the first time on Sunday “just so happened” to be moving this week and decided that instead of selling their things online that they would give them to us for our sale. One of the families in particular brought their U-Haul over after they heard of our need and emptied about a 1/3 of it in the Peterson's carport for our sale!

I asked Kristin last night if she could recall to me a list of those who have given so that we can send them thank you notes and she just looked at me with a dumb founded face and said “Bonnie, oh. There are far to many to count. There’s no way we could recount everyone even if we tried.” To give you an idea of how much stuff that has been given to us, just picture a car port full, and three bedrooms packed to the rim. Here are a few of the hundreds of items we’ve been given.

• A solo-flex and a nordi-track.
• Furniture out the wazoo. A couch, several comfy chairs, a bakers rack, dressers, coffee tables, bed frames, and entertainment units.
• Clothes. Oh my. Lots, and lots of clothes, and shoes.
• A beautiful bassinet, lots of baby toys, clothing, car seats, and blankets.
• A stove. Awesome! :)
• A tool box full of brand new Mary Kay cosmetics.
• A golf bag, propane stove, bread maker, costume jewelry, purses, and stationary.
• Lots, and lots of random yard sale awesomeness.

We can't wait to report to you all next week how God is going to use this yard sale to help financially bring our babies home.  We are astounded at the generosity of the body and their support to us throughout this whole adoption process. To God be the glory great things He has done, and is doing!

“All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” Acts 2: 44-45