Wee morning hours opened in prayer and ended in ceaseless
praise. Leading up to the garage sale,
Luke and I thought we had a pretty good idea of about how much we thought we
would raise based on the amount of stuff we had. The Lord, through friends, family, and mere
strangers completely blew us away in His provision and graciousness.
Not going to lie, garage sales are A LOT of work & I
think the week leading up to it the words “I’d be fine never having a garage
sale again” left my lips. Looking back,
I can see the fruits of the countless hours we spent preparing and also what
an amazing fundraiser idea it is for families pursuing adoption. Why?
Luke and I had the opportunity to share our hearts and souls with
shoppers who were curious as to why we were doing what we were doing. In a way, even just by shopping, we were
inviting them to come alongside of us in the process. There was one woman who drove down from a
city north of Austin because she saw our ad in the newspaper and was thrilled
to shop with all the proceeds going to baby Schwoch. A few people and events stand out, but the
list could go on and on…
-To Luke’s best friend Mark who drove down from Houston and
woke up with us at 5 a.m. and also helped to design and donate the sign “Help
us adopt by adopting our stuff” which attracted tons of shoppers to stop by
-To a precious couple in Grant and Gretchen’s small group in
Brooklyn who have never even met us and chose to financially support our family
and care for the orphan because they felt called
-To a handful of shoppers who handed us a dollar, five, ten,
or even twenty to pay for their items and said “keep the change for
your adoption”
-To our sis, Gretchen, who design the LOVED tee for us, these shirts pretty much rock
-To all those who we call family, friends and even those we
just met, thanks for shopping and for purchasing a t-shirt and those of you that gave way more than the shirts costs, we hope you enjoy
them and sport your shirt all around town
-To ALL of you who donated items, you are the ones that made the sale even possible
-To those near and far who have joined us in prayer over the sale and our adoption journey in general, it is so amazing to see family in a whole new way, God's family may not all look the same or see each other often, but is eternal!
-To my grandmother who has blessed us in more ways than she
will ever know for opening up her house to us as our current place of residence
and the place where our garage sale took place
-To our Schwoch-a-Bye Baby team who woke early, baked goods
to sell, hung clothes, conversed with customers and were there for us
Our child is already so LOVED! If you are interested in a t-shirt we still have some, let us know. To see the breakdown of the earnings from the 10/19 sale check out our youcaring at: http://www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/schwoch-a-bye-baby-adoption/79828
A full album of all of the photos taken for the garage sale will be coming to Facebook soon!
Love you all,
Jen & Luke Schwoch
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