Car Wash Results {God is bigger}

Last Saturday night I texted my friend Heather and asked "Wanna have a car wash with me next weekend? Or is that Crazy?" Well with her encouragement that's exactly what we did. My week was full of phone calls, Facebook posts, emails, and list making but it was all coming together. 

{Side note} It's obvious how much time I have had to spend making phone calls and answering messages when my house looks like it was hit by a tornado, my children and my couch are covered in markers, and when I answer the phone my daughter asks if she can have another lollipop (my distraction of choice)

So fast forward to Saturday morning - the big day! I had bombarded every person I knew or ever knew with emails, Facebook posts, and text messages and had filled the van with every possible car wash supply we could need. Josh and I loaded up and headed to our destination AKA our local Applebee's restaurant. We got close and saw people, well actually kids standing on the corner with colorful signs that read "Car Wash"...wait a second is there another car wash in the shopping center? Oh no they aren't.... yup they are set up in the Applebee's parking lot- our spot- the spot I called yesterday to confirm that yes they had our car wash written down.... I pull in and immediately told the first person I saw, "Wait we were suppose to be having a car wash here, I called, they scheduled it... and the mom of one of the cute little boys baseball players said oh we scheduled this weeks ago... ahem. So while I start crying...like really crying.... in the Applebee's parking lot surrounded by young boys and there parents.. Josh is trying to find the manager and figure out what mistake had been made. Then I make my way over to them and bawling I ask the manager {whom was the one I talked to on the phone Tues about setting up our car wash} what we were suppose to do now? He said, well I have another water spic-it in the back of the restaurant and we could set up back there. So, still crying we go to the back and start unloading. Our friends show up and help me stop crying and I finally get over myself a little and realize...Gods still sovereign and this is not a surprise to him. I have friends help spread the word that we are in the back and to look for us and we get ready to wash some cars. Well if you know anything about the awesomeness of God it wont surprise you that He totally showed up and knocked our socks off. 

I can't even express how touched we are by our friends and family that stepped up and helped. At times we were washing 4 cars at a time and had friends stand for hours out on the corner with signs {this is Arizona people, it's like 110!} to help get people to OUR car wash {despite being cute some of those little base ball players were sneaky, making a human chain to try and get cars to go to their sale} We had so many friends and family come out to support us and so many strangers stop by to show their support too. We had some friends who gave very sacrificially and we were humbled by their gifts. 

Mommy and daddy <3

Lot's of help!

We even had some old friends stop by and ended up picking up sponges to help!

Our sweet adoptive mom friend Leah came out with her kiddos and Ben was very fond of the hose!

We even sold some more beads!

The kids all really liked the hose, the adults were all very wet ;)

The kids helping Josh cool off a bit

So despite things not going as we had planned God was still bigger than our measly circumstances. I mean how easily we forget He has healed the blind, raised the dead, and created everything we know out of nothing.... What's a little car wash competition to Him any how? and without further delay the results........

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$2,860.00 

I think this song best describes what I am feeling.