Market Day
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We wrapped up our last fundraiser today with Market Day for Missions alongside several other families, and it was a beautiful day! Something I didn’t expect going into it was the sense of community I felt across the parking lot. Contrary to popular impression, I am actually an introvert at heart, so despite being quite “social,” I don’t always connect the most easily. (In fact, I have begun asking God for a friend, who lives in my area (my lifelong besties are all out of town), who shares some of the same life stages or interests as me.) But today was just a very sweet,fun, comfortable supportive time with other families interested in missions, and willing to put in the effort to send their families, and show up for each other for a community yard sale. We are still trusting God for the rest of our financing, but we are over 90% of the way there! I am tremendously proud of the work and generous attitudes our girls have put in to contribute to our fundraising, and I am so grateful to t