Garage Sale Update- WOW!

Wow.  The is about the only word that comes to mind after our garage sale this weekend.  It was simply amazing.  First of all, it never would have happened without the donations. Within the last two weeks we received more donations than we could comprehend.  We had over 20 different households donate things to our sale. So thank you so much to those who donated! We never would have imagined that so many people would contribute.  It also never would have happened without my parents who were willing to let us use their house, not only for the sale but also to store donations in their garage, living room, and back patio for the last two weeks.  As well as the many hours they put into helping sort, price, and organize things for the sale.  We are so blessed to have their support!  And yes their garage, living room, and back patio were filled almost to the brim with donations by Thursday night.  We were all pretty overwhelmed, both by the generosity of so many people, and how in the world we were going to get all of this stuff set up for a sale by morning!  Oh and there was still a 70% chance of rain...  And then what if no one came and not much sold? How would we ever get all of these things out of my parents house?!  Somehow though, it all worked out and early Friday morning as we were getting things set up it was even sunny!

We had more donations than would fit on our tables but we put out as much as we could and one person was given the job of refilling the tables as things sold (IF things sold... I still had this worry in the back of my head that maybe it would all be a big bust and we would need a semi truck to get everything to Goodwill!).  Just a few minutes before 9:00 the people started coming though.  And coming, and coming, and coming.  And buying, buying, buying!  And that's how it was all the way until early afternoon when we had our first small rain shower.  By that point several of the larger things had sold and we were able to fit most things either in the garage or under the tent canopies a couple people had let us borrow (another huge blessing!).  It didn't last too long though and pretty soon the crowd was back again all the way up until 4:00.  At that very moment the skies opened and ALL the rain came down.  We were in awe of how the day had played out and all of our prayers answered: the crowds came, so many things had sold, conversations about adoption were had, and the rain had held off until the very perfect moment.  Wow.

Saturday morning there was less to set up, but still so many things we were hoping to sell, and unsure of how many people would come to our sale the second day since so many had come the day before.  But again we were making sales before it was even 9:00.  The first crowd didn't last long though and pretty soon we had been there a while with no one coming to look at all.  Eventually though the crowds did come and this time it lasted for hours.  Pretty soon there was even extra room on the tables but we had nothing else to put out!  By the end of the day it was amazing to see how little we had left in comparison to when we started.  Yes, there will still be plenty donated elsewhere, but compared to what we were looking at Thursday night: Wow.

So now what so many have been wanting to know, the final total.  Let me preface by saying we had set a goal just between each other that we would like to reach with this garage sale, though I think we both knew it was a pretty lofty goal and wondered if it could really happen.  That goal was $1000.

Our final total from the garage sale this weekend: $1,502.55.  Wow.

We are overwhelmed and beyond blessed by God's work this weekend!  Thank you to all of those who supported this fundraiser!