Family Nite

It's been a frantic week in my household. Trying to get the kids registered at school, looking for day cares and doctor visits were a handful. Added on top of that was our Youth groups annual fundraiser. We have one major fundraiser a year that funds all of our ministry needs. Needless to say, we need to raise a lot of funds to last us for the entire year.

This year the kids decided to do a show with dances from around the world. We usually do dances from Samoa or other Pacific islands. They've had practices for the last two weeks. A lot of our youth are in school and don't have jobs. So we decided to ask for donations for our fundraiser. Our goal was $8,000. I didn't know how we could make it. But God opened doors and windows that we never knew about. About $2000 poured in from donations from former members and parents of members. We were able to raise $2500 during our food sales. And then our dances raised about $6500. Praise God. Just when we doubt, God shows us what He can do.

I've testified about this before but it never ceases to amaze me what God does in our lives. Where He guides, He will provide. And it wasn't like one or two people donated the majority of the money. It was mostly from $5 donations and $10 donations that members solicited from family and friends. And we had a larger than expected turnout. Hopefully we were able to minister to them in a positive way. The fun and fellowship the kids had was well worth the effort. The fact that they put the program together themselves. The money they were able to raise was icing on the cake. We will put up some video clips later on this week on the website.