Encouragement

The fundraiser yard sale was a good experience. We cleared $370, not including a $300 donation we received just before the sale. The vast majority of people, when they heard about the purpose for the yard sale, were generous. We had a "no haggle" policy going into the sale and ended up pulling out two items (Stan's manual Pentax camera and Angie's flat screen monitor) because we couldn't just give them away. Angie's Alvarez classical acoustic guitar went for $20 to a man who showed up at 6:30 with a flashlight. Ouch. The coolest moment of the day was this: Three of my students helped out at the sale, and of them is doing a research paper on trans-racial adoption. She got the chance to interview Sarah, our friend who adopted a little boy from Ethiopia.

We both feel like we've been hit by a truck this morning but are so grateful for a gorgeous day and the support of friends and neighbors. I saw God's fingerprints on the event from the weather to the time we got to spend with three pretty awesome teenagers.

To date, we have spent $1385 on the adoption. We have about $1200 tucked away for a portion of the home study. I'll be blogging soon about future fundraisers.

The baby bottle fundraiser for The Abba Fund has netted about $50 so far. Go Academy Phoenix!