Post by restored on Oct 14, 2005 12:03:09 GMT -5
I just wanted to post and tell others about our families interesting experiences with people on ebay. We shop on ebay for modest girls clothes, school stuff, and certain gifts for the children. My ebay name is covered1cor11, so any who have a slight understanding know that I am a Christian. Whenever I write a seller with a question about an item I always end my note with "have a blessed day" I have had the opportunity to console a lady who lost her father-in-law, I am presently still corresponding with a lady in Ohio, and just general exchanges. The lady from Ohio and I have become e-mail pen pals. She specifically asked me if my ebay name was Bible based. She said she thought it was had looked it up and read it and had sent out my items before my check cleared, because she thought we were Christians and seemed very nice. We write back and forth and exchange general conversation and she ask me different questions about how we believe. I e-mailed her the thread with the camp pics so that she could see our family and the others.
There is another lady that I wrote back and forth with about some Mennonite cape style dresses that she was selling. Back in August I bought several off of her. She reposted them for alot cheaper a couple of weeks ago and I bought some more off of her. She wrote me and told me that I could have all of them for one price if I wanted them. I just told her that I was only interested in a few more, but didn't have the money right now so thanks buy I couldn't. Today a HUGE box arrived in the mail with all of the dresses and a little note on the outside that said, "Use what you can...pass onto others what you can not". What a blessing. Brianna now has plenty of dresses for now and next spring. There is a nice large hem in them we can let out if need be too. Some of the dresses are of older polyester type material, but in GREAT shape. We are going to take these to a local nursing home and give them to some ladies who could use them. They are not real long so that should be perfect for those "sweet little old ladies". We are so excited, because we had wanted to to start a nursing home ministry with our children and homeschool. This will give us a perfect step in the door. Some of the dresses do need some buttons, but perfect otherwise. Joann Fabrics is having a 50% off button sale next weekend and so we are gong to pick out some buttons we think these ladies would like and sew them on.
God is good to bring blessings along in a time when we need encouragement the most even if it is from unexpected places. This is also to say that you never know where you may have a testimony at even over ebay with people that you will never meet.
Just wanted to share.
In Him,
Heather
There is another lady that I wrote back and forth with about some Mennonite cape style dresses that she was selling. Back in August I bought several off of her. She reposted them for alot cheaper a couple of weeks ago and I bought some more off of her. She wrote me and told me that I could have all of them for one price if I wanted them. I just told her that I was only interested in a few more, but didn't have the money right now so thanks buy I couldn't. Today a HUGE box arrived in the mail with all of the dresses and a little note on the outside that said, "Use what you can...pass onto others what you can not". What a blessing. Brianna now has plenty of dresses for now and next spring. There is a nice large hem in them we can let out if need be too. Some of the dresses are of older polyester type material, but in GREAT shape. We are going to take these to a local nursing home and give them to some ladies who could use them. They are not real long so that should be perfect for those "sweet little old ladies". We are so excited, because we had wanted to to start a nursing home ministry with our children and homeschool. This will give us a perfect step in the door. Some of the dresses do need some buttons, but perfect otherwise. Joann Fabrics is having a 50% off button sale next weekend and so we are gong to pick out some buttons we think these ladies would like and sew them on.
God is good to bring blessings along in a time when we need encouragement the most even if it is from unexpected places. This is also to say that you never know where you may have a testimony at even over ebay with people that you will never meet.
Just wanted to share.
In Him,
Heather
