Here is a painting I did to raise funds towards missions. I love painting. Please email me if you are interested. I will be putting this in the Holiday Bazaar if its not sold before Nov 12th. rvanterve@yahoo.com- SOLD

Photos from the Garage Sale

Garage Sale Outcome

Well today we got up at 6am and started the garage sale at 8am. It started out slow and after about an hour we started getting thunder and lightening. Luckily we had 2 tarps to throw over the electronics when it started to pour down rain. Even the neighborhood dog hung out with us in our garage while we waited for the rain to stop.

Next we had the job of towel drying and salvaging what we could. Most things were ok to get wet like dishes and clothes. Then the sun was out for a good while until about 1:30. We were going to end at noon but people were starting to come at the end. After that we ate lunch and went back out to put everything back in the garage when it started raining again. One of our wonderful neighbors helped us get things back in the garage.

Our sales were pretty low and the rain was discouraging but we don't hope in circumstances, just our Heavenly Father to provide. Thanks to all who helped donate items to sell, loaned us a truck to pick up items, lent us tables to display everything, and helped move stuff back in the garage. We could not have done all of this without your help.

Love you all, Tawnya

Garage Sale Items

Crocheting

Making Earrings

Garage Sale this coming Sat. 9-24

Thank you to those of you who have so graciously given us things to put in our garage sale. :-) This week we have been doing a lot to prepare for the garage sale. We have the items we need, we have made signs and borrowed tables from a neighbor and my parents. I will be advertizing on Craigslist and the homeschool e-loop this week.

Rylee and I have been working on crocheting head bands for our Holiday Bizarre in November and we have also been making earrings with Mishele Smoak. She is the expert and helped us this week. Thanks Mishele.

We have all been learning "Open the Eyes of My Heart" in Spanish (check out the video). We have it down except one verse, the hardest one. :-p

One thing that I thought about this week is how God likes people to work together for His plans and it takes many people working to make things happen.

Please pray for the success of the garage sale. This is one of the ways we are hoping to make a large portion of our funds. Tell your friends to come out and support us. :-)

Mission Update

Hey Everyone,

Its been about 3 weeks since we wrote you about our desire to go to the Dominican Republic (DR).

As of today, we have made arrangements with YWAM in the DR for Feb 2012. We have been collecting things to sell at our fund raiser garage sale that takes place on Sept. 24th from 8-12pm. Btw, Thank you to all who have given us items to sell at the garage sale and on Ebay. We sold a couple of magnetos online. I didn't even know what these were before now. LOL (They are like little generators for antique phones.) What a blessing you have been to help us out. :-) Please let people know about this event and pray for its success.

Rylee and I have been crocheting for our Holiday Bizarre. On Friday we will start making earrings and ornaments with a friend. We also have some blankets I crocheted to sell. The Bizarre is tentatively set for Nov 12th 10-2pm. If anyone would like to bake some cookies for us to sell, please let me know.

I have asked a local Orthodontist if he could donate tooth brushes and floss. Please pray we could get these for the orphans.

Here are our prayer requests for today:

Pray:

1. That God would continue to grow & equip us spiritually for the trip.
2. That others would get excited & partner with us as we follow the Lords call &
tell all the nations about Him.
3. Pray that we would trust God's timing.
4. That we would be able to learn Spanish worship songs.
5. Also that God would make a way financially for us to get to the DR.
That the Lord would get all credit for every good thing.

We will keep you posted. Love, T

Lamentations 3:25 "The LORD is good to those who depend on Him, to those who search for Him."

Today was a day of hope being met. A few people have given some things for the garage sale, and we received our first financial support! :-)

Another thing that happened today was we got our craft supply shipment in the mail to start making things for a Holiday Bizarre. That will be our second fund raiser we are planning to have around mid November. Rylee is very excited about making crafts to sell and has already made 2 hats! :-)

Matthew 28:19 "Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."

Time & Prayer

Well we went to the beach this weekend and got some quiet time with God. Richard and I were able to spend some time reading scripture and a portion of some other good books. One book was called "The Power of a Praying Parent" and the other was "Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances". We also got some time to play with the kids and chat with my parents in the evenings.

After what I read, it made me aware of how important it is to pray and ask God about everything. It also showed us to examine ourselves in the small things.

Richard and I prayed and had some sweet time together. We prayed that God's will would be done regarding the mission trip plans.

As a side note, we were given some antique telephones to sell & put towards our mission funds. Thank you Lord! :-)