The Results!!!

Today was our BIG garage sale fundraiser and we also had a Cupcake Kid's stand! 

Our Family (so far)

Yes it was like this all morning, crazy!

There was a ton more in the garage and on the side!

We received so many donations from family, friends, and even people we never met. It was amazing to watch it continue to come in. We opened the doors and started pulling stuff out at 5:30am, had the signs out at 6:00am and then we had a steady stream of customers until we packed it up at 1:00pm. We have a lot leftover still and plan to have more sales in the future and sell bigger items on Craig's List. 

Our little Cupcake Kids set up a stand and made some of the cutest treats to raise money for SixtyFeet. {Sixty Feet is an action-based organization created to bring hope and restoration to the imprisoned children of Africa in Jesus' name} This ministry has become dear to our hearts and God is doing big things through it. Praying about God using us along side them this fall {more on this to come soon}

THE GRAND TOTALS!

Garage Sale for our Adoption: $2,595.66

 The Cupcake Kids Stand $590.63

We are very thankful for all that God did to make this happen and for what He has provided! Praise God, this is only the beginning of what He will do. 

"being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." -- Phil 1:6.

Fortner Family Garage Sale!!!!

Come out and support our family and our adoption from Uganda! We are raising funds to help pay for our adoption expenses and we hope you will join in! My garage and now dining room is overflowing! I 

think there just might be something in there for everyone!

When: Saturday April 23rd 

          7:00am-12:00pm

Where: 1823 W. Encinas St.

           Gilbert, AZ 85233

The Cupcake Kids will be there selling treats to raise money for the imprisoned children of Uganda! Come and buy a cupcake and glass of lemonade from some cute kids and make a huge difference. All money raised will go to SixtyFeet to help the orphans of Uganda.

Let it Pour

Today God did more than I expected. 


I have such little faith but I know that God's working in me.

Most of you know we have our BIG Garage Sale 

planned for April 23rd, but since our neighborhood was having a community sale we decided to have a smaller sale this weekend with what we've collected so far. We wanted to try and raise the money we needed for next week's expenses. Monday our plan is to get fingerprints done/sent, passport photos taken, and physicals done. Therefore, we need about $105.00 without the cost of Dr. visits. Well, we realized halfway into the week that rain was on Saturday's forecast and by Friday it seemed pretty certain it would be a pretty wet morning. 

I decided to go ahead and stick with it. I mean, this is Arizona; "they" say rain and half the time it's a light sprinkle. I set up as much as I could the night before inside the garage in hopes that people would still come in if it was dry. 

Both Josh and I got up at the crack of dawn and finished getting the garage all set up and then we waited... It didn't take long for me to feel silly and want to just close my garage and wash my hands of the whole thing!  (especially when I realized nobody else in our community had a sale and they didn't have the gates open like they said they would.) 

Minutes after I asked Josh if we should just close the door and forget about it our first customers pulled up! We ended around 11:30am with $98.00 dollars! 

We got almost all we need for Mondays expenses as well as a reminder that God will provide what we need. Even if we didn't make a dime today He would have provided it in another way! 

 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, 

and all these things shall be added to you." 

Matthew 6:33

**Update- This evening we checked the mail and a sweet family member had sent us a check for $30.00 to go towards our Garage Sale  since they live so far. Now we are over what we needed! **