God is always faithful

Sunday started quite well, everything was falling into place and the plans were working out just fine. The team worked together like a finely tuned engine being run for the first time. The Sunday service had a smaller than usual crowed. After the service was over a large portion of people left leaving an even smaller group. There were some murmurs of disappointment, but altogether we kept moving as planned.
The plan was to have the people eat while the team set up the silent auction. A week before we had only 12 people signed up to bring food. If we were planning for 200 people, which we really wanted, we would need more food. The team did it's part, the millers brought hot dogs for the kids, Steve Sparks bringing sausage, Dawson's brought P&J, and we brought potato salad. God has a way of making everything work out perfectly, and we had food to spare (we even had food to take the the soup kitchen).
The auction crowed was lower than expected, the tables were covered with deals of all kinds. In the end there were lots of winners. People got great deals, and the team actually raised more money than we raised last year! Our total was $7500 raised!
Our Auction plus other funds raised minus expenses leaves us with a total need of $5677. God is always faithful. Please continue to pray for us during this month of preparation, as we get ready to go. It's been a hard year of planning and executing, please pray that we have the strength to continue the journey. Keep praying for the unity of the team and pray that we add extended team members (people like you!) who can support us financially and to continue to pray for us.