Last night Daryle and I had an amazing experience. We went to his company Christmas party and had such a nice evening from the moment we walked in the door. It is always nice to see people and catch up since some of our friends live out of state. Even though I don't work there I know a lot of the people since Daryle has worked there for over 10 years. Anyway, every year after dinner his company does a "Gift Giveaway". All of the employees draw a number and they get the gift that has that number on it. They are all always really nice things. Usually, there is one "big" prize, this year it was a television. So, everybody got their presents and at the end the person who won the t.v. asked Daryle and I to come up to the front. We had no idea what was going on. He asked Daryle to talk a bit about the adoption and how we had a casino night, etc. Then, he announces that he would like to donate the tv for an auction with the money going to our adoption!!! We just stood there, stunned!! Right away, somebody else put their present up for auction too! So, those two auctions went quite well ...then suddenly two more people donated their presents for the spur of the moment auction too!! We were overwhelmed with the kindness, generosity and true spirit of giving that Daryle's co-workers displayed. Not only were people donating their nice presents, other people were actually bidding on them!! WOW!!
I have to say, coming up with the money for both adoptions has always been one of the most stressful parts we have had to deal with. We do fundraiser after fundraiser and just keep our fingers crossed and say a lot of prayers that it will all work out and we will get what we need to bring our children home. When things like this happen it gives me hope and faith that indeed God is leading us down this path for a specific reason. We may not know what that reason is right now, but we do believe in our hearts that there is another child out there who is destined to be in our family. Thank you to all who participated last night, it left us speechless, overwhelmed and humbled. We are incredibly blessed to have such amazing people in our lives. Whether you came to Casino Night, bought or sold cookbooks for us, particpated in last night's auction, or have said a countless number of prayers for our family, we want to say "THANK YOU!!" You all mean the world to us!
2 comments:
That is such a touching story. Yeah, I cried. I just get overwhelmed when I read about the goodness of mankind. So often all we hear about are the rotten people and it seems like they are taking over. But then I read things like this and it makes my heart so happy. What a blessing!
I wasn't there, but I certainly got caught up in the emotions while reading your story. The generosity displayed speaks volumes for what the human spirit can do. How awesome to be a witness to the true meaning of Christmas. We are all blessed!
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