LOLCS Fundraiser!

Kindergarten Classes

Look at that diligent supervision!!

We did a fundraiser through our school, Land O'Lakes Christian in April.  We've done it in the past for other mission trips and it has been very helpful financially.  There is a wonderful family in our church that allows us to use their inflatable equipment for free so we can raise money.  We ask the students from our school to donate either $1 or $5 to the Cameroon trip. For $5 they can bounce an unlimited number of times and have a snow cone. For $1 they get a snow cone or a bounce.  Most kids donate the $5.  During our school's field day event, we set up the inflatables and the kids come on a rotation system.  It hadn't rained for like 6 weeks, but clouded up that early afternoon, of April 19. We were doing two afternoons, the 19 and 20.  At EXACTLY the time the first group of kids, the little Kindergarten group, was to come out it started to rain, not too hard, but pretty steady.  I had to shake my head and smile.  After weeks and weeks of not a drop!!   As we huddled under the snow cone tent and tried to plan how we would do this on another day due to schedule difficulties, the kids came anyway.  The first kid down the slide landed in a bathtub of water - splloooooooooooossssss!  He loved it!  So we watched them carefully to make sure they weren't going to slip on the concrete and enjoy a concussion as they splished and splashed their way thru the inflatables.  A little later it did clear up, only to rain again at the same time the next day!


I had for helpers in running this event, our senior class.  They did a great job of making half and half (red and blue) snow cones and supervising to ensure safety!  Only Jared :) needed a reminder here and there!! Thank you, LOLCS Class of 2012!!

Making the crushed ice for the snow cones!

As each class came out I took some of the photos Ben had sent us and showed them to the classes and thanked them for their donation and told them a little about the kids in Cameroon.  The second afternoon a Mom came up to me who had heard the speech the day before and asked if she could write a check for the trip.  You know my answer.  She wrote a check for $200!  As the budget for this trip is constantly in my thoughts, it has remained such a big blessing to me, kinda like a sign or reminder to me personally that God knows our financial needs and that He can and will provide.


We raised $896!!!
Thank you, Lord!!!!  

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