Update on Fundraising Event

Ok, so this morning I went out to the flea market to sell stuff for my trip to Ethiopia as I stated in the previous entry.

Well, no one bought the wallets, but there were interested people. I'm not too discouraged about it. A few people showed interest. But a lot of the other people were old(er), uninterested in such young fashion. (:P )

There were three baked good items. Muffins (Blueberry and banana), Mint Chocolate chip brownies, and rice krispy treats. The muffins were a good idea in light of it being early morning, and the brownies were sold out by the end of my time there.

All in all, I sold $17-some worth of baked goods.

I handed out my business card to most people who bought stuff, and also people who didn't buy anything from me.

I set up a jar for donations, and from that I received $13 dollars.

The rain began to fall around 9am, so we had to leave. (We didn't have a canopy or anything.)

Now for a couple of praises and an interesting story.


How it worked was we went to a table, claimed it, and at 8:30am the owners would collect the money for the booth. As he went to my table, I reached to get my wallet and he asked what my sales were for. We told him that it was for a missions trip, and he said I didn't owe him anything.

The fee wasn't much, but isn't that awesome that God worked it out that I didn't have to pay? :D

The second praise: The rain didn't come too soon.

The third praise is the one with the interesting story.

This lady walks up and I offer my card. Interested, she asks a few questions. She was obviously thinking something, and then asked me how long I was staying. I told her until lunch time. She then says in a hushed voice that she would be back with a check.

About half an hour later she returned with her check book. She then tells me how she woke up this morning and felt God wanted her to go to the flea market. She explained how she had dialogue with herself that it was supposed to rain. She got in the car and drove toward the flea market. Before the turn off, she thought to just continue and go to the next city over and not turn to the flea market. She said she still felt like she should go to the flea market.

She handed me a check for $100 and wished me Godspeed. (In hindsight, I wonder if that's what she was thinking about the first time we met)


So the question begs to be asked. What has God nudged you about that you refused to do? Were you prompted to go to the grocery store?

Sometimes God nudges to do things for our benefit, other times it's for the benefit of others. When that lady followed God's prompting, I was blessed and I was able to get one step closer to going to Ethiopia to minister to the children there.

Perhaps there is someone wanting to go to another country who happens to be down that aisle of the grocery store that God all of a sudden prompts you to go down. Or perhaps there is someone wanting to serve God and only needs encouragement that you can give.

Quench not the Spirit of God.

-Kevin

P.S. I just looked at the name on the check and it had her street address. And wouldn't you believe it? She lives on the same road that I do.