I know a Krispy Kreme fundraiser probably sounds weird to most people but here in Artesia, Krispy Kremes are a big deal and usually bring in a lot of money. So we thought, why not - we could do this to raise funds for our girl. A very good friend of mine, Rachel, and I went to Lubbock, TX on Friday night. We did a little scrapbook shopping and then had a nice dinner. We spent the night and got up super early (4 am New Mexico time) and went to the Krispy Kreme donut shop. We loaded 400, yes 400, dozen donuts into my Suburban and drove to Artesia. I had people waiting on me at the church when I got there. People waiting to buy donuts and so I thought, "This is gonna be great! We will get these donuts sold by noon and then we can do something fun." It was also Gus Macker weekend in Artesia and I figured that we would have lots of people buying donuts before the games. I was wrong! It was a slow going Saturday selling donuts! We had three different "stations" in Artesia and it took us until noon to break even. Our break even point was $1550. At noon, we finally met it! Praise Jesus - that was a huge relief! We could not have made it that far without help from our friends. Thank you Krafts and Caseys! You both rock!!!
We continued selling donuts all day. We were sunburned, hot, thirsty, and tired of donuts! Around 2:30, I counted the money and we were up about $367 profit. An hour and a half later, we were up to $900. Around 4:30, we called it quits and went home to rest. We had 154 dozen donuts left to sell. How were we going to get rid of them? We went to Roswell and sold 4 boxes! If it would not have been for a nice donation, that would have been a wasted trip! On the way back from Roswell as we were deciding how to get rid of these donuts, we decided to donate some to Harvest Fellowship for Sunday services and took the rest to our church. At that point, we didn't care if we were paid for them - we just didn't want them to go to waste. After all was said and done, we made $1523 in donut sales! Thank you Jesus!
We prayed often Saturday especially since sales were so slow. At one point, it had been quite a while since anyone had come to buy donuts so I asked Garrett if he wanted to pray. He said yes and I asked him if he wanted to pray or if he wanted me to. He said he would. We held hands on Main Street in our church parking lot as my 8 year old prayed that Jesus would helps us sell the donuts. He said, "Dear Jesus, please help people to come buy these donuts. We need to raise money so we can get Ella home. We need the money to get on the plane so my sister can come home. We know you can do it Jesus so just bring the people to us. Amen." As soon as we said "amen," a truck came into the church parking lot and bought donuts. As the truck was pulling in, Garrett said, "Mom, Jesus turned them around and had them come buy donuts." I started crying as I was telling Jesus how sorry I was that I had not trusted Him with this fundraiser. As I sat there, I wondered how many times was I going to be reminded that God has this all taken care of. I don't need to worry. He brought us this far, He will bring us the rest of the way.
Thank you God for using my 8 year old's faith and donuts to bring us closer to bringing Ella home.
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What a precious memory with your son...oh, to have the faith of a little child!
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