So our boys became little entrepreneurs this week. We’ve come to learn that our ten year old, Jacob, loves to bake. When he’s bored, he bakes or goes looking through the cabinets or refrigerator for things he can put together to make for us or guests to enjoy. This is always unprompted which is the beautiful part. You can tell he just enjoys doing it but even more so, he enjoys watching the recipients enjoy his treats (and I’m sure the accolades of such supreme putting-together-of-ingredients). So this summer, somehow my recipe box ended up in his personal cubby space so that he could pick out recipes on a whim. It speaks volumes that I didn’t even realize it was missing until he told me he had it in there. Last week he made an anise drop cookie with a glaze on top. We all went kinda crazy for them. They were awesome. Even I had never tried making that one before (and probably never will considering he’s got it down pat). That night, as Caleb, 9, munched on one he mentioned that Jacob should sell his cookies to neighbors and friends. Well, you can tell right away by the look on his face that Jacob was flattered (and eager to make some dough – no pun intended!) and one thing led to another and they had a cookie sale planned out with all the money going towards the adoption. This was Wednesday. He wanted to do it Thursday. I cried inside. No, I didn’t, but almost. I did manage to convince them that they needed a few days to plan and prepare and BAKE for goodness sake, so we settled on Saturday. A 90 degree day. And we set up in the sun. And he made lots of cookies….with chocolate chips in them. And people walked away with plastic bags that were coated brown inside had they dared stayed to chat. But it was all good. Jacob loved it and I think was stunned the first couple of times people came and actually put their order in and then actually PAID him for the cookies. It was fun to watch. From 11-2 they sold cookies. The best part was that we had friends come over and they helped in the selling. One of Jacob’s friends and his sister (two more entrepreneurs) made one of those big signs that you see people on city corners spinning over their back and head and under their arms, doing all sorts of fancy trickery, and he started doing it at the bottom of our hill! Then as 2:00 approached they took some of the cookies that were left over and started walking down and around the block knocking on neighbors’ doors. They actually made a few sales that way, too. And we got to tuck into every bag a little blurb about the adoption and a link to our blog.
At the end of the day, an adoption fund envelope on behalf of the boys was created and the money that they made yesterday went into that. We're thinking that this may not be the last bake sale. Hopefully it’s the first of other ideas they come up with for raising money to go into their fund. We’re so proud of them for doing something selfless for sisters they have yet to meet and for using the gifts and talents that God has given them to help support bringing them home.
Every little step. Guide us, Lord. Every little step.
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