This morning I received my daily e-mail from a sweet lady in our church who sends out encouraging mass e-mails. God gave her the words this morning that summed up our raffle fundraiser.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6-15
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written: 'He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.' Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift."
Thank you so much for your generosity that each of you gave. You supplied the needs of God's people. You supplied the needs for His orphans. You will reap generously and abound in every good work! Words cannot even describe how thankful we are for each of you!
To the exciting news!!
We sold
TICKETS
TO
PEOPLE
THAT LIVE IN
DIFFERENT CITIES
AND RAISED AN ASTOUNDING
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS
DOLLARS!!!!
Because of your generosity, we doubled our goal. This brings us one huge step closer to bringing our +1 home to Texas!!!
Raffle Drawing Details:
1. I was sick to my stomach
2. My friend told me I needed Prozac because I was stressing out about this
3. I wanted everyone to win
4. I wanted everyone to win
5. A sweet lady who didn't know us, or purchased a ticket, named Sandy, drew all of the names
6. We used the adorable purse being auctioned to draw names out of for good luck
7. Speaking of good luck. You need to become friends with Heidi Kinnamon. We drew first for 3rd place. Heidi's name was drawn. We drew for 2nd place and Heidi's name was drawn. She only purchased 4 tickets! 2 out of the 169 tickets were drawn for Heidi! We put her 2nd name back in and drew another. Lupe Smithermann from Lubbock won so we gave her the cookies and Matilda Jane outfit since they were in Lubbock and gave Heidi the photo session since she lives in Dalhart! It worked out great!
8. The grand prize went to Deb Twyman from Boise City. It was really neat to see that there was a winner in every city that sold the most tickets!
9. Know I prayed and prayed over this raffle. I know it sounds silly but I prayed that God would have complete control over it. I know those who won, won for a reason!!
169 tickets in the beautiful bag!
Sweet Sandy drawing the first name!
I close this post out by once again saying how incredibly thankful we are for everyone doing their part in helping bring our +1 home. We know times are hard right now. We know Christmas is right around the corner. But most of all we know that this money is going to be used to accomplish something that will truly change a life forever. Thank you and May God bless you and your family!!
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