On Sunday, September 26, we received our envelopes and began to pray about what we could do to increase our money and “Live a Better Story”. We prayed for three days and the answer came that this was the time for us to increase our money. Garey came up with the idea of purchasing Boston Butts and smoking them and selling them.
By the following Sunday, we had checked around and were able to find a good price for 10 Boston Butts. We sent an email to our Sunday School Class and presented to the class, that we could purchase 10 Boston Butts for $100 and could sell them for $35.00 each, which would show a gain of $250. Several members in the class wished to participate, but several had other ideas that they wished to support.
The email that was sent to the class, had requested that we receive a response by the following Friday so that we could know what kind of help that we could expect. By that day, October 8, 2010, we had already received donations of $360. In addition, on that day, there was a tea to celebrate my retirement and several persons donated money to me and this was added to the cash that we had received.
On Tuesday night, October 12, Garey went to an Area Relief Ministries board meeting. At that time, they announced that they had a great need to replace the cots for the Room in the Inn Ministry. The new cots would be sturdier at a cost of $70 each, but needed to be ordered in lots of 10. Our orders increased at the Missions Fair the 16th, and the orders were enough for us to multiply the $25.00 that we received to a total of $812.50 to Area Relief Ministries for Room in the Inn.
Thanks to David and Laurie, Pat and Mike, John and Carolyn, Dickie and Sam, Larry and Joyce, and Bill and Jan for all of the support that they provided. Also a special thanks to Kay’s grocery (formerly Camp’s grocery) for the exceptional price for the meat.
The Good Book says ask and you shall receive and this is shown by the donations and help from our friends in Christ.
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