Yesterday was our yard sale. We were all ready to get up at about 5am to start setting stuff up. We had been given SO many donations, ( a huge thank you to EVERYONE that so graciously donated their things to us) that I knew it would take a long time to get everything out of the garage. But when I woke up at 5 am, I heard and saw a huge thunder storm! Normally I would be excited to have a day in the house with my family, reading my book, but not yesterday. I was sure that we were not going to be able to have our yard sale at all. The weather was terrible. I prayed that it would clear up and that people would still come. By 7am, (the time I had posted on line that we were starting) it seemed to have cleared up, so we opened the garage and started pulling things out. Just as we started, people started arriving and we couldn't get the stuff our fast enough. It was such a great feeling to know that even though it had been raining that the Lord was blessing our efforts.
With the help of our fabulous neighbors Shandee, Joey and Jason and Joeys dad Larry, Maren, and our other friend Lillian we were able to get the sale underway. Thank you so much guys! You really helped us a lot.
The rain didn't stay away like we had hoped, in fact we, and all of our stuff, got pretty good and wet 3 times during the day. The rain chased away many potential customers, but we pushed on. Maren even made a window sale to an elderly couple that didn't want to get out of the car while it was raining! But, after each storm came some sun and each time people came back! We even had people tell us that they had already come once and because we had so much stuff, had to come back again. So despite the weather and my thoughts that it wasn't going to happen at all, we were able to make the best of a bad weather day! The yard sale was pretty successful! I really feel like the Lord answered our prayers and we feel very blessed.
But we do have tons of stuff left over and a few more things that have been donated today. So we decided that we would try again tomorrow and see what else we can sell. Come on by and see if there is anything you like, or just come on by and say hi to us as we hopefully sit in the sun!!!
We were also able to catch up with an old friend that stopped by on the last day of his vacation. J.M it was great to see you and see how you have grown and to hear how things are going in Australia. Thanks for making the effort to come by and see us. We always really appreciate it when people take time out to visit with us. Lets hope we can catch up again soon, maybe in Australia this time, but if not next year!
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