When our first child moved out we turned the spare room into a storage room. We have no garage and previously, everything was stored in the schoolroom, which made the schoolroom not very conducive to doing school!
But as the days went by, we had a tendency to just pile things up in that room. My daughter and I like to craft, and our craft stuff got piled up. As each holiday rolled by, holiday stuff got piled around until it looked like this:
YIKES!
Taking a cue from some organizer/anti-hoarding shows, we have pulled everything out of that room. We piled it outside the basement door.
I sorted until dusk, then we piled it all back (organized, but not completely gone through) in on the shelves.
No messy table! No boxes on the floor! YAY!
And, possibly, more importantly, we found quite a bit of stuff for the church garage sale.
My girls are going to Guyana on a medical mission trip. The garage sale is going to help pay for their trip.
I'm so proud of them! One is a CNA, working full time and going to nursing school full time. She has been to Guyana on these trips before and the summer after graduation she went as the intern for two months. She knows the ins and outs of the trip! She can't wait to go back!
The other is in high school. She wants to go into ministry. She volunteers to watch the kids during small groups and helps me with Kids' Praise. I have no doubt that they both will be a great help on the trip. I am so excited for them!
And a little nervous.
We raised them for this. But letting them go is still just a little hard.
Can you relate?
Will you join me in prayer for them?
And, if you feel moved to, please donate to their fund. It sure would mean a lot to me. Thanks, friends!
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