A blessing that words can't describe...

I am sure you are all wondering how our benefit went,right? Well I will try to put it into words the best that I can. It was such a blessing and all went perfect.
Friday- First off the article hit the papers,not the way I expected it too,but it did. The article was good,just not our full testimony and some things happened that I could not understand. The Lord helped me to get past this,but it took me a little while. Finally,by noon I was lifted and ok. Then later that afternoon when someone told me that when they read our story,that they felt this story was coming from the heart and from somewhere else( they meant from the Lord),this person is special to me and I have known them since they were five years old. So if it touched her,that was enough for me, and enough for me that someone pulled over to read it and set there in the car and cried,this was also enough for me, and it just let me know from God that all was gonna be ok.
Saturday- I woke up at 5:30 a.m.,got ready while Shane,the boys and Lexie were sleeping. I grabbed my rice krispie treats and headed out the door in the dark,slightly chilly day, as the sun was rising up. As I was headed down my narrow country road I thought for a moment about the Lord watching over me and so thankful that I was awake,alive and well. The Lord and I had a wonderful time together as I traveled to my dad's home for the big day. I did not know what the day would bring,I just was looking forward to a time of fellowship with family and friends. I pulled up at my dad's and he had everything already pulled out of the garage and in the driveway,my uncle helped him. This helped so much and I appreciated every bit of it. The sale wasn't suppose to start till 8 but about 6:30,people started to come. I was stressing,because all wasn't ready. Then here came my good friend Kathy and Tami and we worked it out quick. Then about 8 all my help was there and the booths were set up and we were all in our places and coffee was brewing and donuts were going left and right. Donations flopping in the jar, people wanting to meet us...kids laughing and playing, people hugging, people smiling from all walks of life. Adopted families came to offer their support,cameras flashing,praise and worship music playing and of course people shopping away. People putting their chances in on the baskets. The sun was bright and it was slightly windy but great. My nose looks a little like rudolf the reindeer. Shane and my dad were very good salesmen. The bake sale sold out of everything. This continued thru out the day. People were asking if we had a picture of her and when we were going to get her,it was awesome. This one lady said she would be checking back at my dads to see a picture of her,I thought that was sweet. My friend Tami at one time came over to me and said "Gidget,u missed it". I said "What?" She then told me that this lady whom I never did see walked up to our adoption booth,grabbed some brochures and had tears rolling down her face and then walked over and I said "All I wanna do is donate fifty dollars to this family". Then she walked away. Tami asked her if she wanted to meet us and she said "NO,just donate." WOW ,we thought that was amazing. This had others crying too. Then one boy walked up to me and shook my hand and told me what a great thing we were doing and that this shows character in people. His name was Dakota. I met my friends daughter from Korea and she was the sweetest thing,it was such a blessing that I got to see her and talk to her mom. I met this other lady who has two from Guatemala. It was one blessing after another,not just for us but for all kinds of people. Someone also made us a India poster with a Thank you Love Maiya sign to put by the donation jar. When she gave me this I cried,it was so awesome. We even started to cook hamburgers,hot dogs,and chicken BBQ sandwiches for people and they were selling like hotcakes. I got so many pictures and so did my friends. I can't count how many times that you could just feel the love at this benefit for our sweet daughter. So many people love her and have never seen her face. This can only be a God thing. I am sure I am probally forgetting some things,but like I said it was so awesome..there are just not any words to really capture this wonderful day. This day was something you had to be there and experience for yourself. We planned to end at one, but it went till 3:30 in the afternoon. I pictured this and had this in my heart for months before. This was all possible because of the Lord and all the great help from family and friends. The Lord made it all beautiful. As I was driving home after the benefit,all I could do was laugh and cry. We raised about 1,800-1,900 dollars! That was what we were short for our referral,now we got all of our referral money. I am going to the bank in the morning to put Maiya's money in her account. So Praise be to the Lord,he gave us exactly what we needed for our referral that is coming up. Thanks to all who helped and prayed for us,we are truly grateful and many thanks from the heart.
The Fenwick Family.