The day began earlier than normal this morning when we readied ourselves for a garage sale at church to benefit an orphanage in Haiti. The Haitians need medical assistance and housing and our missionary there is housing more orphans than he wishes to admit because the need is so great.
We found out yesterday evening that they are trying to build houses for the dispossessed at $2,500 a pop. The idea came about of soliciting twenty five people who would be willing to give $100.00 a piece for a house for a family in Haiti. Cindy and I are going to work on that next.
Our garage sale netted us a little short of $2,000.00 this morning. It was fun. My sausage biscuits and coffee did not go over as well as I wanted. However, the people who came were more interested in the garage sale, which was fine in the end. It was fun to watch towards the end when people kept coming and women started buying the used prom dresses they had for sale.
It is a pleasant thing to see people join together for a cause greater than their own welfare.
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