This past Saturday, I got up early unable to sleep in fear that the our Cupcake Kids sale would be canceled due to the rain. Unless it was pouring, I was determined to be out at our local park selling cupcakes for Sixty Feet and Ugandan magazine beads for my friends adoption....I spent too much time preparing for it all to go to waste. Thank the Lord the rain stopped early morning and the weather report was sunny skies all day long!
As I pilled three kids in the car with our already loaded cupcakes and beads supplies....I headed off with no husband in tail to help me. Yes, he was out of town this last weekend for a college friend's surprise 30th b'day. I honestly was I excited for him, because he loves those guys dearly, but part of me was thinking, of all the weekends for him to be out of town, this was not the one! Thankfully, a precious girl from church agreed to help me watch the kids during the sale. Thank you sweet Abigial!! Could not have done it with out you!!!
As we were setting up, I remembered that this park was having a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt. I had been playing phone tag with the lady in charge, but we never talked, but I just assumed it was ok. But, about thirty minutes later, a lady with a purple hat comes charging toward our yellow tables covered in cupcakes and beads. She insists that we are not apart of her permitted Easter egg event and we must move. I thought she meant move to another park, so I start to get a little teary eyed, but thankfully my good friend was standing near me during this incounter, and was brave enough to ask questions and back me up. I told this lady that I had tried to talk to someone in charge, but played phone tag. She, repeatedly said, "I am the lady in charge and I know nothing about this!" I am learning that I cowar at people like her, but my friend wanted to tell her off, I wish I was that brave. She was a scary indimidating lady. But, we finally decided it would be ok if we just moved to another area of the park away from, "Her thing"..as she kept calling it. We set up all of our things again in a different are of the park, it actually ended up being a better location anyway. An hour later, another lady shows up and apologizes for her friends behavior and proceeds to tell me she is the one I was playing phone tag with. She was suppose to tell her friend we would be there, but she kind of purposely forgot because she knew her friend would not be excited about us being there. She was hoping to get to the park before her friend did, but it just didn't happen. But, she made amends with the whole situation and told us over and over again how excited she was about our "cause" for selling cupcakes and beads.
My Cupcake Kids were very much entertained by sweet Abigail, the Easter egg hunt and the band that played toward the end of the event. It was a great day to be outside enjoying the spring weather.
Big brother J. enjoying a cupcake...
Charles Tucker's first Easter egg hunt...
Diggin into the candy...come to think about it, I think we ate cupcakes, candy, and Chickfila the whole weekend....
After four hours we packed up and headed home. Because I had quite a few cupcakes left, I decided to set up the tables in our front yard and see if I could sell the rest and make a little bit more money for the children of "M" and the Gilberts adoption. Besides, Henry was at a birthday party and the babies were asleep inside. Yes, I could have been cleaning my house that looked like a bomb went off, but what's the point of doing that, the bomb would end up going off a couple of hours later. So, I sat in front of my house and sold to my neighbors. I am really glad I did, because several people walked by and bought cupcakes! Two ladies even bought five necklaces. It was neat to be in my neighborhood, getting to know people I don't normally talk to and tell them about Ugandan orphans. Very cool! Some of them were just now learning about our adoption.
My attempt at the Martha Stewart butterfly cupcakes...
A couple of hours later, the babies woke up and helped me sell for a while.
Looks here that they get along great, well they have their moments...A. Lot.!!
To say the least, I was exhausted after selling cupcakes for 8 hours, but it was worth it in so many ways. Not sure I will do my own Cupcake Kids sale again for five more years..... but I don't regret doing it. At first I was a little upset at how much I made, because I was comparing myself to a friend that made 1,000 dollars, but then I realize, I made 270.00 selling cupcakes....and that is pretty darn good! I also made 250.00 dollars for the Gilberts adoption of baby Martha. So, 520.00 isn't too bad for 8 hours of work! I am learning there is no point in comparing myself, it just creates fear and it is not trusting God. Besides, this sale was all about God providing. There really is no "I" in this equation. This is his money anyway!! He will provide for those children in his time, in his way....thankfully, he does not depend on me to make it happen. Just another way, God is showing me how sin entangles me and how much I desperately need him every moment.
I would be happy to never see another cupcake for at least a year...until next April when it's time to sell some more cupcakes for Ugandan orphans. If you want to learn more about Sixty Feet and the Cupcake kids go HERE and HERE.
Thank you to Elisabeth, Megan, Caroline, Lucy, Becky, Aaron, Abigail, Emily, Christie, Jenna, and I am sure I am leaving someone out, but thank you all for making this happen!!
Thank you to Roman for helping me pack up, take things to my car, allowing your wife stay the whole time to help me and also for taking all these pictures!! You are my kind of man, maybe you could give my hubby some tips?? (in the picture department)... I'm Just say'n.
To date, theNational International Cupcake Kids Sale (there were sells in Indonesia, Singapore, and Canada.) has made $29,000.00 and still counting. The final count will not come in until next weekend! This is AMAZING! This is so like our God to provide through cake!
Happy Wednesday to you all!
As I pilled three kids in the car with our already loaded cupcakes and beads supplies....I headed off with no husband in tail to help me. Yes, he was out of town this last weekend for a college friend's surprise 30th b'day. I honestly was I excited for him, because he loves those guys dearly, but part of me was thinking, of all the weekends for him to be out of town, this was not the one! Thankfully, a precious girl from church agreed to help me watch the kids during the sale. Thank you sweet Abigial!! Could not have done it with out you!!!
As we were setting up, I remembered that this park was having a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt. I had been playing phone tag with the lady in charge, but we never talked, but I just assumed it was ok. But, about thirty minutes later, a lady with a purple hat comes charging toward our yellow tables covered in cupcakes and beads. She insists that we are not apart of her permitted Easter egg event and we must move. I thought she meant move to another park, so I start to get a little teary eyed, but thankfully my good friend was standing near me during this incounter, and was brave enough to ask questions and back me up. I told this lady that I had tried to talk to someone in charge, but played phone tag. She, repeatedly said, "I am the lady in charge and I know nothing about this!" I am learning that I cowar at people like her, but my friend wanted to tell her off, I wish I was that brave. She was a scary indimidating lady. But, we finally decided it would be ok if we just moved to another area of the park away from, "Her thing"..as she kept calling it. We set up all of our things again in a different are of the park, it actually ended up being a better location anyway. An hour later, another lady shows up and apologizes for her friends behavior and proceeds to tell me she is the one I was playing phone tag with. She was suppose to tell her friend we would be there, but she kind of purposely forgot because she knew her friend would not be excited about us being there. She was hoping to get to the park before her friend did, but it just didn't happen. But, she made amends with the whole situation and told us over and over again how excited she was about our "cause" for selling cupcakes and beads.
I made about five dozen butterfly cupcakes and my sweet church friends made the rest. Thank you girls for donating your baking skills and your time to come out to our Cupcake Kids Sale.
I bought most of these beads in Uganda while I was there picking up Charles Tucker and my friend Jane gave me the rest to sell for her baby "Martha". Can't wait to have her home with us!!
So our sales were slow at first, but then when the Easter egg hunt started, people started making their way over to our cupcakes and beads. I was very impressed with our curious everyone was about the Cupcake Kids, Sixty Feet, and about Martha who will soon be adopted by the Gilbert family. People were fasinated by how the Ugandan magazine beads were made.
Copied this from the Sixty Feet website, so people could learn more about Sixty Feet and how they are helping these imprisoned orphans in Uganda...
This little Cupcake Kid could not get enough of the icing and candy ontop of the each cupcake!
Two of our cupcake kids, Henry and Dominique...
Big brother J. enjoying a cupcake...
Charles Tucker's first Easter egg hunt...
Diggin into the candy...come to think about it, I think we ate cupcakes, candy, and Chickfila the whole weekend....
After four hours we packed up and headed home. Because I had quite a few cupcakes left, I decided to set up the tables in our front yard and see if I could sell the rest and make a little bit more money for the children of "M" and the Gilberts adoption. Besides, Henry was at a birthday party and the babies were asleep inside. Yes, I could have been cleaning my house that looked like a bomb went off, but what's the point of doing that, the bomb would end up going off a couple of hours later. So, I sat in front of my house and sold to my neighbors. I am really glad I did, because several people walked by and bought cupcakes! Two ladies even bought five necklaces. It was neat to be in my neighborhood, getting to know people I don't normally talk to and tell them about Ugandan orphans. Very cool! Some of them were just now learning about our adoption.
My attempt at the Martha Stewart butterfly cupcakes...
A couple of hours later, the babies woke up and helped me sell for a while.
Looks here that they get along great, well they have their moments...A. Lot.!!
To say the least, I was exhausted after selling cupcakes for 8 hours, but it was worth it in so many ways. Not sure I will do my own Cupcake Kids sale again for five more years..... but I don't regret doing it. At first I was a little upset at how much I made, because I was comparing myself to a friend that made 1,000 dollars, but then I realize, I made 270.00 selling cupcakes....and that is pretty darn good! I also made 250.00 dollars for the Gilberts adoption of baby Martha. So, 520.00 isn't too bad for 8 hours of work! I am learning there is no point in comparing myself, it just creates fear and it is not trusting God. Besides, this sale was all about God providing. There really is no "I" in this equation. This is his money anyway!! He will provide for those children in his time, in his way....thankfully, he does not depend on me to make it happen. Just another way, God is showing me how sin entangles me and how much I desperately need him every moment.
I would be happy to never see another cupcake for at least a year...until next April when it's time to sell some more cupcakes for Ugandan orphans. If you want to learn more about Sixty Feet and the Cupcake kids go HERE and HERE.
Thank you to Elisabeth, Megan, Caroline, Lucy, Becky, Aaron, Abigail, Emily, Christie, Jenna, and I am sure I am leaving someone out, but thank you all for making this happen!!
Thank you to Roman for helping me pack up, take things to my car, allowing your wife stay the whole time to help me and also for taking all these pictures!! You are my kind of man, maybe you could give my hubby some tips?? (in the picture department)... I'm Just say'n.
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Happy Wednesday to you all!
