Anna is going to her first ever overnight camp this summer with our church. She is super pumped about it! Trouble is, it's not cheap. We were willing to pay for it outright as we did for Noah's first ever overnight camp several years back. But still, $300+ is a lot! So we were thrilled when our children's ministry director worked out a fundraiser the kids could do to help cover some of the cost. It was through Usborne Books & More - boxes of really nice, hand-crafted greeting cards. Anna made a video that I posted to FB and Josh shared at work.
That video worked wonders and she sold 20 boxes total ... earning almost the entire amount needed to pay for camp. Momma likes! We delivered the last two boxes last week.
Here she was writing thank you cards to each person who ordered.
Our church also awarded a little stipend toward camp to any campers who memorized a big chunk of verses - John 17:1-11. Anna tackled it and got it done early, in fact. Proud of her. I never did this sorta stuff as a child. This is impressive to me and such a worthwhile discipline and study! Here at 40 I am doing it for the first time myself, in fact, the whole first chapter of Ephesians ( almost done!), so I know how hard these long chunks from memory are!
Between the cards fundraiser and the memory verses and a couple donations that came in as well, Anna actually earned MORE than enough for camp. The extra money she earned will be given to her to use at the camp store that week. What fun!! So excited at how the Lord provided for this expense ... not just enough, but overflowing provision!
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