Reasons to Thrift Shop

I have been watching all the articles about thrift store finds, and I'm convinced these are valid reasons to make continuous trips to the local thrift stores. :0)

Child finds $1,300 in thrift store book
Associated Press
MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Rhiannon Barnes may be the luckiest 15-month-old ever. Or maybe her baby sitter is the fortunate one. While playing with a thrift store book bought earlier in the day for 25 cents, Rhiannon uncovered $1,300 in cash stuck between the pages. Her baby sitter Sheila Laughridge said she only bought the book at Rhiannon's insistence and was surprised when the toddler found a brown paper bag full of $100s, $50s, $20s and $10s.
Laughridge took the money, which dated as far back as the 1960s, to a local bank, where she received only $300 in exchange because most of the bills were in pieces. The rest of the tattered money was sent to the U.S. treasury department.
Rhiannon's mother, Shirley Barnes, joked that she's considering using her daughter's new found talent more.
"What I want to do is put pieces of paper with number on them out on the table and have her pick them so that maybe we can win the lottery," she said.





Declaration of Independence for $2.48

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop is being valued by experts at about 100,000 times the $2.48 purchase price.
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Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, is selling the document in an auction March 22nd at Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina. The opening bid is $125,000 and appraisers have estimated it could sell for nearly twice that.
Sparks found his bargain last March while browsing at Music City Thrift Shop in Nashville. When he asked the price on a yellowed, shellacked, rolled-up document, the clerk marked it at $2.48.
It turned out to be an "official copy" of the Declaration of Independence — one of 200 commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820.
He didn't know he had such a valuable piece until doing some online research and then having appraisers at Raynors' offer an opinion.





So when hubby says, "Are you going to the thrift store again?" Just tell him it's an investment in his future wealth. :0)

Is it physically possible???

Hey Readers!

Yea it's me and I'm still here. Running like crazy and busier than ever.

Right now we are in Texas at a missions conference. Wow, what a blessing it's been to us so far. We are at our home church for the conference but they are wonderful to all the missionaries.

On Wednesday night we had a wonderful meal at the church before services and then the preacher, Jim Brown preached a wonderful sermon, very challenging.

Then on Thursday we met for chapel in the morning and my hubby preached a great sermon, then we split into groups. The men went with Preacher, ate at a man's restaurant and then were fitted for new suits. While the men were stuffing their selves the ladies all went to Jason's Deli, best baked potatoes in the world, and then we headed for the mall. Each lady was handed $100 and let loose to buy a new dress. Oh yea and I have to say, being the great shopper I am, I managed to buy a $50 skirt for $30 and two really nice sweaters. I'm a separates kinda woman. :0) Later on Thursday we met for dinner and a great sermon.

Friday, we were all taken to PappaDeaux for lunch and man I was glad I wasn't paying. We had alligator tail for appetizers and $20 plates for lunch. Then we had 3 hours free and then headed back for dinner and the meeting. The sermons from Jim Brown were first class.

Today is Saturday and we are about 1 hour from leaving for Soul-winning and then date day. One of the associate pastors of the church is taking all the missionary kids to Chuckie Cheese and the husband and wife are given money and sent out on a date. This evening we have our international dinner and we're praying for good weather. It's suppose to storm today so I'm praying God holds it over till Monday.

Tomorrow is the last day of the conference and I'm sad to see it coming to an end. We have met some great missionaries; The Dunn family to China, the Bishops to Zambia, the Ingrams to Romania and the Coates to Guatemala. Wow it's been great being around such choice servants of God. Love it!!

Oh yea I forgot all the goodies. When we arrived in the hotel there were dozens of gifts. Bags for the kids, food, snacks, several bags of goodies for me, a huge basket of fruit and things and a roll of quarters to blow on the snack machines. We have never been treated so royally. We love our preacher and church.

Being a missionary wife I get to see many things, many attitudes about missionaries and I have to say I can get pretty ticked off. I hate the attitude of missionaries being on the field because they can do nothing else, or they are inferior preachers. Nothing could be farther from the truth. My husband could pastor and grow a church anywhere. He is really one of the best preachers I've heard and I'm not being partial. God made him and called him deliberately to reach Croatians for Christ. What a privileged to be called of God. WOW! What a responsibility. Now I'm not naive, I have seen some pretty sad examples of missionaries but I've also seen some pretty poor preachers too.

Don't ask me why I said all that, I have no idea. My fingers have a mind of their own. :0)

So we're almost finished with this conference and we head to another Sunday night and then Next Monday we head to Iowa and hen Michigan. We have about 5 conferences one week after another. Is it physically possible to go to church every day, get 5 hours of sleep a night and still remain sane, I don't know, but will find out soon. If you see my post begin to get stranger and stranger then you know my sanity is slowly going. :0]

Have a wonderful Lord's Day tomorrow, I'm planning too.