Humbled

A few weeks ago, during a gathering of our Project 7 group, it was mentioned that my girlfriends would like to do a garage sale to help us raise money for our Haiti adoption/trip, which was not even planned at that point, just a hope, a dream.
Wow! Sure!  Great idea! Fast forward...I have no words sufficient to describe yesterday's yard sale and the number of people who knowingly and unknowingly contributed to it's success.  Huge, huge success.
My dear friend, Natasha, lead the troops and organized the day.  I am in awe of her selflessness.  As word got out, she just kept getting calls, texts, messages. 
"I have stuff to donate."
"I'll bake for the bake sale."
"I'll make lemonade."
"I'll bring lunch." 
"I'll help with tables and set up or break down."
People just kept stepping in to help.  What was going to be held at my house, was now in the parking lot of Kyle's Discount on Main St., hugely visible to everyone who drives through town.  Prime location.  And Kyle was kind beyond words.  Wouldn't take money to rent the lot, put up tents for us to have shade, let us borrow clothes racks, and on and on. 
As the day went on, I realized quickly this was not going to be a few hundred dollars for our trip.  I was giddy with the thought that we may have our tickets paid for, or at least close!!  That would have been amazing!  At 1:00 I ran to the bank with some of the money...Tickets AND room/board were paid for!  By 1:00!!  We still had 5 hours left!! I cried all the way back from the bank.
As the afternoon went on we marked things down, and had a fill a bag for a donation the last few hours.  $100 for a bag of clothes and a lamp, $40 for some toys and books, $20 for nothing.  And one women sticks out in my mind.  She browsed for a bit, walked up to the table, and handed me $3. "I didn't find anything, but this is what I have." She gave what she had.
Goose bumpy kind of cool stuff happened all day.
By the end of the day, the final count was MORE then enough.  MORE!  I get such a kick out of this kind of thing. 
We are so blessed with a group of friends that are selfless, generous, thoughtful and believe in a God who can take our efforts and multiply them.  We have a community that thinks nothing of helping others.
We are humbled by the entire experience.