We did a strawberry sale as our second adoption fundraiser. Luckily, Valentine's Day fell at the same time that our Home Study and "Going live" fees were due so it worked out perfectly.
A lot of our family and friends are far away, and they decided to purchase orders anyway, and have them be "Pay-It-Forward" orders to bless deserving people. This was so much fun. One of the orders went to a family friend battling breast cancer. Her husband tried to buy them from me. I told him that the order was already paid for-- that a member of our "tribe" wanted to bless them, and he cried. Right on my front porch. This strong man was moved to tears at a stranger's generosity in a time that they needed it the most. It was beautiful and I was so proud and thankful that we have people that do these types of bold things out of love in our corner.
Love really is a currency, and we believe giving is a form of worship.
One of C's spiritual gifts is giving. It's one of his biggest strengths. He would give anyone anything he has and never even flinch. He is so faithful and I love this about him, and he challenges me with his giving nature.
I really believe that God blesses people when they help others. We have seen some big moves of faith to support our family in the last month, and though we'll never be able to talk about them, we have grown in our faith because of them. We've also grown closer to our child.
I lost count on how many dozens of strawberries we made around 700 or so. I was DREAMING strawberries when we went to bed both nights. (:
My sweet momma came and helped us both days. Did I fail to mention that before this fundraiser, I had never dipped a strawberry in my life?
She totally saved the day, as always. She is such a giver. She's not just like this with family. It's that way with everyone. I'm just so thankful for her.
This is my favorite berry of both days. It made the perfect little heart.
Someone said you could "taste the love that went into them."
That made me so happy. They were definitely filled with love. We made them as we listened to our adoption playlist, and we had so many laughs as a family.
I'll remember this part of our journey forever.
If you were a part of this fundraiser, thank you.
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