Sunday, October 2, 2011

Our boys. Saturday they made me smile big. As their mother, I am always quite aware of their huge hearts yet on a day to day basis, I am so caught up in school and sports and the chaos of life that I don't always see their hearts. On Saturday, I saw their hearts plain and clear. The boys want desperately to go on their first mission trip next summer. Every June our church takes a group of people to a city in Georgia that is known to have the largest migrant population in the south. Once there, the group delves into a weeklong mission of witnessing to the children and adults of this community. Because the trip does have its costs, we told the boys that if they could earn half of the funds associated with the trip, we would meet them half way and pay the remainder. They have been brainstorming for weeks on how they were going to meet their goal. Saturday was their first fundraiser, a garage sale. The boys were up at 5:20am as a result of their excitement - it was almost like Christmas morning! After pulling everything out, the people began to show and the rest is history. Colin and Pryce spent the next five hours wheeling and dealing and sharing their mission with complete strangers. Many items were sold, a good start to their funding was accomplished. It did not take them long to speak out and tell the garage-sale-goers their goal and, before we knew it, the boys were receiving donations as well. Ryan later stated that he was so proud of our guys - he could not believe their boldness and their confidence in sharing their mission at such a young age. And, even to those that walked away, our guys told them thank you every time.

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