It was truly amazing to see God's work in progress this Saturday for the "Hock it for Haiti" garage sale event to raise financing to help send our group to Haiti. With such short notice to gather enough treasure to sell, advertise our location and set up, there was definitely some concern that it wouldn't be as successful as we would have liked or hoped. But just like the disciples gave the five loaves and the two fish to Jesus, we also gave our garage sale to Jesus...and boy did he ever deliver.
We raised:
$1,754.45 cash
1 chuck-e-cheese token
1 bathroom coin
100 pesos
20 Canadian cents
...and a black button!
We started the event Friday with donation pick-ups and sign making. It was a great opportunity to continue getting to know the group and building relationships. I think in most cases you build your relationships while serving during the mission trip. In our unique instance we're building these relationships on the fly as we figure out how to finance our trip in a short amount of time. Saturday morning came awfully early with a 5:30 am start time. As we began to layout all our donation we were astonished with the actual number of items we had to sell. "As one of the designated pick-up team members I remembered thinking to myself...we don't have very much to sell, I was blown away by how much we actually had in the end" said Chris Tiesiera.
Saturday was a great day filled with fellowship with each other and the community. It was an opportunity to bring awareness to the growing problems in Haiti and in many cases people gave so generously through purchases and donations. One lady came back after she had paid more then we were asking for a couple plastic plants and some clothes and insisted that we take her families "Vacation Fund". We were floored by the giving hearts that we came into contact with.
We'd like to give a special thanks to all the supporters that visited our "Hock it for Haiti" event and contributed as sponsors. You are a blessing to our ministry and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Please stay tuned as we continue to give updates on our exciting journey leading up to our departure on July 3rd. If you didn't get a chance to donate and you'd like to, you can click the "Donate" tab on the right. Thank you for your continued support and prayers!!!
God bless,
We started the event Friday with donation pick-ups and sign making. It was a great opportunity to continue getting to know the group and building relationships. I think in most cases you build your relationships while serving during the mission trip. In our unique instance we're building these relationships on the fly as we figure out how to finance our trip in a short amount of time. Saturday morning came awfully early with a 5:30 am start time. As we began to layout all our donation we were astonished with the actual number of items we had to sell. "As one of the designated pick-up team members I remembered thinking to myself...we don't have very much to sell, I was blown away by how much we actually had in the end" said Chris Tiesiera.
Saturday was a great day filled with fellowship with each other and the community. It was an opportunity to bring awareness to the growing problems in Haiti and in many cases people gave so generously through purchases and donations. One lady came back after she had paid more then we were asking for a couple plastic plants and some clothes and insisted that we take her families "Vacation Fund". We were floored by the giving hearts that we came into contact with.
We'd like to give a special thanks to all the supporters that visited our "Hock it for Haiti" event and contributed as sponsors. You are a blessing to our ministry and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Please stay tuned as we continue to give updates on our exciting journey leading up to our departure on July 3rd. If you didn't get a chance to donate and you'd like to, you can click the "Donate" tab on the right. Thank you for your continued support and prayers!!!
God bless,
Visalia Haiti Relief Team
