This year November was filled with putting together a fundraiser for our neighbors, the Hersleys. Brain was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and their church decided to put on a fundraiser. I am friends with their mom, Charlene Tomchak, so I decided to join the committee and help. We spent hours and hours collecting donations, assembling gift baskets and organizing the event.
I eventually became the designated food lady and got to work looking for donations for all of the different food items for our Costa Vida dinner. I was so amazed at how generous all of the different local businesses were.
When the week of came, I spent every day either shopping, chopping, or cooking food to get ready. I made dressings, cilantro, beans, pork, and chicken for 300 people and gathered the lettuce, chips, salsa, rice, cheese, tortillas and cookies from amazing people who donated it! It was no small undertaking and I took an entire week off afterwards to recover, but it was such an amazing event to be a part of! I had so many friends and family members who helped pick up food, deliver it to me or the high school, cook food, or help me prepare at my house. It was incredible.
The morning of the event I woke up and checked my "Light the World" calendar and saw that the goal was to find a way to help someone in need by making a donation. I cried and felt like I was doing what God wanted (there had been many moments of doubt when I wondered if I was really doing the right thing). I loved working with the people at Journey Church. They are amazing, have such strong testimonies, and are just cool people to be around.
During the actual event Zac bid on a million baskets, Eloise had fun writing her name down on lots of items and begging dad to bid on baskets and Teagan helped serve food. It was really beautiful and I loved being involved.
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