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‘Cause celebrities aren’t the only ones who get to party with their friends for a good cause….

Okay, so, almost a year ago (I KNOW…can you believe it!?!) I wrote this post after coming home for an in-home product party thing. Go on over there and read it, because 1-I already wrote it and 2-I couldn’t write it better now.

Seriously, go read it.

I can wait.

Okay, soooooo…..I wrote that a year ago and guess what I did. Nothing. Nothing at all. Though the thoughts and idea of it all have not left me in this past year.

Fast forward to present:

In our home group (will explain that later), we all started talking about our gifts and passions, and the dreams we had for serving our communities using those gifts. I shared my idea for this party. A party where all of my friends would be invited for good music, great food, and lots of fun. Instead of coming together to buy kitchen products or candles or something else that we don’t really need (want, yes. need? I can’t say I’ve ever bought anything at one of those parties that I couldn’t live without), we combine our resources to support those who truly are in need. Of food, clean water, clothing, medicine, education, shelter, etc. All of those things that we take for granted. All of those things that we have always had, and never doubt that we will. All of those things that others die without. All of those things that we have the means to provide.

So, I shared all that with the group at the table (7 of us adults). And guess what happened. Give up? They all got so excited! They were like, “Yeah, we’re gonna do this!”

What an amazing feeling. To have hoped and dreamed to put this together, and then to share it with others and have them appear as passionate and excited about it as I was, that’s a feeling that’s gotta be better than any drug out there. I’ve been on a high with this one for a while.

So, anyway, everybody just started owning this from the start. And one of the coolest things is that we are all gifted in such very different ways, with different strengths, different perspectives, and different ideas. I love that they are excited about details that I never would have considered, that they’re asking answers of me to questions I would have forgotten to ask. That, together, we’ll be able to do more with this party than I would ever have been able to do on my own.

Have I mentioned that I. Am. So. Totally. Psyched? Oh yeah, baby.

Baldman and I are supposed to get a page out here just with the details for the party. I’ll let you know when it’s up. Let me know if you want to come! So far, we know that it’s Sunday, June 10th at 4:30 pm. Everyone is invited to come. We are raising money for World Vision. We’ve supported them through child sponsorship for over a decade, and trust them to do good with the funds they receive. Baldman particularly liked that they have a Gift Catalog. That way, like the candle/toy/kitchen product parties, you actually get to choose what gift your money is going to buy. Very fun, trust me.

But come no matter what. Even if you don’t have a penny to give, or aren’t sure that this is what you want to do with the pennies you do have. This is about being with friends, sharing a great time, being thankful for all that we have, and gaining information and opportunity to allow these same joys into the lives of others.

This is another reason that I’m thankful for that. Now that we’re free from the debt, we get to choose where our extra goes. I love it.