My God-sized prayer was this..."Lord please provide money from this sale to cover the cost of our adoption agency application ($225) and our passports ($220). So that would have made a grand total of $445 that we would need to raise in 2 days. I don't know about you, but I have NEVER had a garage sale yield that much money.
God provided all the money and more! By the end of the sale we had made $579. Not only that, but God felt that it is was time to answer another prayer I had prayed. He gave us a piano for FREE!
Let me take a step back and share. On Friday a friend of ours called and asked if we could use some furniture for our sale. We of course said "yes". We were willing to sell anything. :) They told us that they would even bring the items and drop them off in our garage if we weren't there. Then they called back and asked "you wouldn't like a piano too...would you?" Would we? WOULD WE? I started to get all choked up and I told her "Becky, did you know that I have been praying for a piano?" She was just as shocked by my reply as I was by her offer. It turns out that the family had to move their mother to a nursing home. This woman had been a wonderful pianist and they had no clue what they were going to do with her piano. They had even considered giving it to Goodwill or (gasp!) leaving it in her apartment. God is an amazing giver of gifts and He knew back 6 months ago when I was so upset that we didn't have the money to buy a used piano what was coming. After hanging up, I walked inside and looked at Phil and started bawling as I declared "God has given us a piano!"
Our sale is still generating revenue from Craigslist postings. So far we have earned over $600.
Phil and I had been hesitant to share our adoption journey with people (before the sale) because there are so many opinions out there. But after the sale I knew that we had to declare what God had done, and that we simply couldn't say "God blessed our garage sale" We needed to share what He was doing in our lives. So I posted out on facebook this status "If you think that God doesn't answer prayer, I am living proof that He does! This weekend He answered 2 of mine: 1. Our adoption fundraiser garage sale - I prayed that God would help us to earn enough $ to cover the application fee and our passports...well, He did and More!, 2. We were given a piano! I had been praying that God would somehow work it out that we could get one. I was thinking the money to buy it, but God had other plans and surprised me. DON'T STOP PRAYING!!!"
That post was followed the next day by "Some of you noticed in my last update that we did an adoption fundraiser. Yes, our family is in the very beginning stages of adopting our 4th child! Please pray for us. We want to be completely in God's timing. We have already seen His hand working and know that we have His favor. Thank you for your love and support!"
We have had so much support. God is good.
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