{"id":189,"date":"2012-05-23T13:55:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T18:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/?p=189"},"modified":"2012-05-23T13:55:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T18:55:28","slug":"thirty-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/2012\/05\/thirty-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-One!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIRTY-ONE! \u00a0I posted a picture of myself holding a large pink Thirty-One box and everyone on Facebook started telling me happy birthday! \u00a0Hilarious. \u00a0First of all&#8230;that would be 7 years ago&#8230;second of all THANKS! \u00a0I have been praying for God to bring in money for MERGE Ministries. \u00a0I am half way to my goal and am ready to get to work! \u00a0Dale, the director of MERGE, has conveyed urgency to get my funds in. \u00a0He is receiving phone calls and e-mails to reach to the USA and we just don&#8217;t have the staff to do it&#8230;yet. \u00a0So being a good country girl; when you need money you work for it. \u00a0So I have been working the last few weeks at Calvary church in Naperville covering a friends maternity leave, \u00a0I babysat an adorable baby named Jackson, a new summer resident named Lindzee is now renting out our basement for 3 months and lastly&#8230;I started selling Thirty-One. \u00a0(Oh, and all the clothes I can get people to donate I take to consignments shops). \u00a0 These projects have brought in over <strong><em>$2,000 dollars!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thirty-One is a company based on Proverbs 31. \u00a0We sell, totes, bags, purses, scarves, and fun stuff like that. \u00a0The stuff is really cute. \u00a0I think most woman have tried to be involved in &#8220;HOME&#8221; sales at some time or another. \u00a0Usually it doesn&#8217;t work. \u00a0But I figured I would give it a try and get some cute stuff in the process. \u00a0 I have been doing it for two weeks and already have had 3 parties and have 5 more booked! \u00a0When I say it&#8217;s all God I really mean it. \u00a0In my weakness HE is strong and HE is showing up right now! \u00a0My commission is %25 of all sales and I think my first check should be around $250.00 already. \u00a0How exciting! \u00a0 To have parties right away to me is an example of God&#8217;s favor right now. \u00a0I feel very encouraged and can&#8217;t wait to see what else God does. \u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to start working for MERGE Ministries once my money is in! \u00a0I know we will have a tremendous impact on multiple communities in the United States!<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2012\/05\/IMG_3822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-191\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2012\/05\/IMG_3822-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2012\/05\/IMG_3822-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2012\/05\/IMG_3822-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=189&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIRTY-ONE! 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