TUESDAY, 7/4/23
Happy Independence Day! I pray that you and your family will have a great day!
Last night, Eddie Albritton and Daphne Hutto ran the numbers on the three C’s (cake, cow, corn beef hash) auction. Forty-six thousand and thirty-eight dollars ($46,038) is the amount the Lord blessed us with through the auction! Can you join me in saying “praise the Lord!”
Please know that I am extremely grateful for the amount raised Sunday night. If not another cent is given then we can say glory to God with sincere and grateful hearts. What if? What if the Lord would speak to someone (folks) who would like to see that total go to fifty thousand dollars? That can happen with another thirty-nine hundred and sixty-two dollars. I was going to write “any takers” but actually it is “any givers?” You can contact me and your donation can be kept anonymous, if that is your desire.
I have heard a ton of positive comments regarding the auction. Refreshing. Those comments have centered around the fellowship, the food, the fireworks and the finances.
So, thank you to each person who baked a cake and to those who brought the sides and desserts for the meal. Awesome! Thank you to Katelyn Johnson for coordinating the fellowship portion and to all who helped set up, serve, clean up, et cetera. Great job! The fellowship was absolutely amazing!
Thank you to Stacey & Gayla Dyess along with Blake & Blaine Jenkins for a job well done with the meat. That Stacey can cook! (Actually, Gayla is the brains behind all of the cooking but let Stacey keep on believing it is him! Blake & Blaine? Right!)
Thank you to Gary & Rachel Walton for bringing a bunch of ribs to the meal. What a nice surprise!
Thank you to Gary & Rachel Walton for the fireworks display! Folks, that show was well worth seeing! It was non-stop action. Gary knows his fireworks! Please know that Gary & Rachel financed that whole show so we owe them a great amount of gratitude. What a tremendous way to end an absolutely great Sunday!
Thank you to each person who donated or purchased a cake. Thank you to the couple who donated the steer. We could not have done it without the cakes, cow or corn beef hash. Thank you to those who helped with the actual auction. Bro. Abel & Justin serving as the auctioneers and the folks who did all of the other behind the scenes stuff which is most important.
Miss Vinnie Brewer’s cake went for twelve thousand dollars. Yes, $12,000. We had three other cakes go for one thousand dollars or more. Amazing! Just FYI.
Thank you to the folks in Guatemala who will faithfully distribute this “emergency” food over the next ten, eleven, twelve months. “I was hungry and you fed me!” This is the reason for this cake auction. To God be the glory!
I pray that you will have a great Tuesday with Jesus.