…Even the pennies!
It has been our desire to raise funds for our international student ministry locally and we are so pleased to see this beginning to happen. Local interest in supporting and helping the ministry is growing!
Last weekend’s fundraising yard sale was very successful. But, even before the yard sale we were given a generous gift in the EXACT amount I had been praying for over several months, in order to fund this ministry so that we don’t have to borrow from other accounts. This was a totally unexpected gift from an unexpected source. It’s often the way God works through others as He leads them to give.
As for the yard sale itself, over 20 people donated lots of really great stuff. It was a lot of fun to fellowship with church friends who came to support us, to get to know our neighbors better (they helped with donations and tables), and meet some new neighbors. A few students helped with set up and take down.
A friend from our church, who also has a heart for these students, held a simultaneous sale one of the days for the same cause. She had wisely suggested a goal for the sale. And, together, we made EXACTLY the goal to the penny!
Soon after the sale was over another friend from our church knocked at our door with a donation that covered the required admin fee for the deposit into our account, also in the EXACT amount!
Yet another friend gave us their coin jar and this covered all the signage and supplies we needed. So, you see God is in the details all the way down to the pennies!
We have set aside some of the funds for emergencies the students might run into and in the meantime have started to meet needs with gift cards for food and other necessities, textbooks and housing costs.
Thank you, Lord, for these very specific answers to prayer – confirmation that we are walking in Your will!