Now for story time! :) There's a little boy named Matthew (he is in Melissa's Kindergarten class and I know him and his family from church) who has such a heart for those in need. When he found out that Melissa and I would be going to Africa he wanted to come with us and didn't really understand why he couldn't. He even asked his mom to ask Melissa and I if he could go with us! Pretty adorable!!! His mom suggested that since he can't go with us that maybe he could do something to help us with our trip, so he decided to have a lemonade stand and give us the money to help kids in need in Rwanda! He invited all his friends from school and church, and set up his lemonade stand at the end of his driveway. Melissa and I went by and it was so awesome, he did such a great job! In the span of about 2 hours Matthew raised over $600 for us to take to Africa!!!! When Matthew told us how much he had raised Melissa and I were both speechless and couldn't believe it! What a perfect reminder of John 6:9-13 about the little boy who only had 5 pieces of bread and 2 small fish...but even though that was all he had, he gave it to Jesus and Jesus fed 5,000 people! Matthew started out with just a lemonade stand, and God provided us with the funds that will be able to help so many kids who are in need! Thank you Matthew for all your hard work and for caring for the children in Rwanda, we can't wait to come back and show you how the money you raised helped kids just like you!
Story number 2! :) Our sweet friend Jamie has a furniture store here in The Woodlands called The Collection. Jamie met with Melissa and I after she heard we were going back to Rwanda this summer and knew that she wanted to help us! She decided that they will be donating 15% of all purchases for the week of May 24-May 29th to our trip. The donations will be used to purchase Bibles and other supplies to help children and churches in need. The Collection has beautiful home furnishings and accessories and is located on Woodlands Pkwy in the shopping center across from Carlton Woods Dr.
Here is the ad that will be running in The Villager next week! Thank you Jamie for all your hard work on this, we appreciate you more than we could say!
So, as you can see, God has definitely been providing for us in such awesome ways!
Please continue to pray for us as we take care of the details of this trip and that God will continue to prepare us and our hearts!
Blessings,
Lisa
