This morning we were able to take part in an event that was a HUGE blessing to the Chancler household! Every year before Christmas Bayleaf Baptist Church ministers to SEBTS students and their families by having a "Toy Chest." The members of this church are so amazingly gracious they donate new toys for SEBTS families to purchase at no more than 10% of the original cost. WOW! Every student is invited to participate and doors open at 9 am. So we woke up bright and early this morning to get up to the church to stand in line hoping to be some of the first to rush in! There were about 300 students and families gathered for the event.
Rules were that we could spend $7 per kid or get 3 toys per kid. With 300 people waiting at the doors, we were getting antsy! Before the rush in though what an amazing time of fellowship that we had with friends as we were overwhelmed with the generosity of this church! Before you pass this off as something small...let me tell you that these were all NEW toys. They also had 50 kids bikes for the first 50 people to snatch them up. MacBook Pros (yes 3). I-Pods. Power Wheels. Camcorders. (those last four were among 50 amazing raffles!)
So we rushed in and grabbed our $14 worth for Eden and Salem, fellowshipped with some awesome friends, stuck around to watch friends win rockin cool raffles (Brandon had his fingers crossed for a new MacBook...awww shucks!), and then ended up getting to snatch up a few more of the remaining toys as we were among the few that didn't win a raffle!
All in all, we came away being IMMENSELY blessed by this church and with 2 huge bags of loot for the kiddos! Look at all we scored for just $20!! And the coolest part about it all is that the money that SEBTS students spent for the Christmas toys then goes straight to Lottie Moon. AWESOME!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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What a neat ministry and a huge blessing!
Oh, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED being able to go to Toy Chest the 3 years Zane was in seminary. I think it's such an amazing ministry that Bayleaf puts on. It's such a blessing for seminary families to be able to give their children a good Christmas, plus the fact that it all goes to Lottie Moon is great! And yes, we crossed our fingers for a MacBook last year and I had to remind myself not to leave discouraged because of all I had already got! I'm so glad you guys got to go! Now you just have to find somewhere to hide it all in seminary housing...that was always my dilemma. :)
Oh my goodness! This is crazy! What a great min! If I'd had kids in sem we would have needed something like this and wow, just all that says about the heart of this club is amazing--from blessing sem students to LMCO. Amazing! You guys scored some great stuff too! We have one of those little dustbuster vacuums...drives me crazy! :)
what an awesome and creative ministry! they bless so many people all at once with this! just awesome!
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