realize that ALL the little things we do make a HUGE difference in another's
life. We never know how God can use a word spoken, a smile given, an action
taken or even a recipe on a little website to effect someone down the line. My
hearts desire is to be a blessing to others in whatever way the Lord chooses to
use me...to use my family. I was so blessed by the following testimony and how the
Lord is using this precious young woman to bless so many through her "ministry".
What a ministry she has!!
From a fellow bread baker in Texas:
Back at the end of March I thought about doing some sort of fund raiser for kids at church as a way to help defer their cost for Kid's Camp. The older kids in the church always do a dinner, a car wash and a golf tournament, but my kids are not old enough for that group. I decided to do a bake sale. I know everyone likes a bake sale but I was tired of the cookies and cakes. We always supported the groups that were selling those items but our family does not eat much of that kind of stuff. I was asking a couple of friends what they thought of me baking bread and if they thought anyone would buy it. Before I walked out of the room and asked permission at the church, I had a handful of orders. I was planning on making wheat, cinnamon swirl and ezekiel.....I have been using your wheat recipe for several years......I asked my preacher's wife and she thought it was a great idea so when I saw the preacher just before church I told him and he announced it and by the end of church people had ordered 25 loaves of bread!! Each week during the month of April and May I was taking 30-50 loaves of bread to those who had ordered. People began spreading the word about my "bake sale" and taking orders at work and I have been baking bread for a Junior High, a county court house, and the police dept. as well.
I added cinnamon raisin, jalapeno cheese, cinnamon rolls and pizza crusts to the items available.
As of today I have sold 410 loaves of bread!! The bake sale has come to its end but I have people who still want to order. This turned out to be bigger than I ever imagined....who would have thought so many people would want bread!! They have never had fresh ground wheat made into bread. It's amazing how many people really do like "healthy" food.
I do have a friend who regularly orders whole wheat for herself and cinnamon swirl for her family. I was talking with her husband and he was telling me that he only eats white bread and the stuff they try to pass off as white wheat is still wheat. He was preaching in our Spanish ministry and was going to tell them about my bake sale, so I thought I would make him a special loaf of cinnamon swirl using on white flour. When I asked his wife about it she said he does not know he is eating wheat bread.....he thought it was brown from the cinnamon!
Thanks for your recipes....I have been sharing your website with others since that is the basic recipe I have been using.
The next email that arrived stated the following:
Yes, you may use my story. I forgot to tell you, the Sat before Mother's Day my kids wanted to do a lemonade stand....they do them often, but this time their money was going to pay for their own way to camp, they are not using the money I was making for their group.....they also have their own business, but I will leave that story for another day....Anyway, they wanted me to make bread to sell so I made a dozen mini loaves of each....wheat, cinnamon swirl, jalapeno cheese....At first it was slow but the word spread in the neighborhood the kids were selling homemade bread, fresh squeezed lemonade and they were sold out in a couple of hours...it was so funny. One lady told us she was at the car wash up the street and a lady was raving about what the kids were doing and selling and was sending people their way. I didn't get any pictures of that day...it went too fast... but I will send you a picture with them and the sign they made......
I was adding up my numbers...just so I had an idea and I have $1300 to donate to the church which means each camper should get $75-100 towards the cost of their camp fees...I know the kids don't totally get it....they just know they want to go to camp....but to see their parents' faces when I tell them I am able to give them money to help pay for their child/ren to go to camp....it's great.
Right now I am up at 4am with a special order. A friend of mine is a police officer and took some mini loaves of bread to the court house with him and the ladies went crazy so they have been placing an order each week. Yesterday I received a message they were giving the bread as gifts and wanted to know if I could have some bread and cinnamon rolls for them this morning...and they would pay extra if I could do it.....
I am hoping to go and meet these ladies one day soon and introduce them to my children....and maybe get an inside look at the courthouse.....great home school field trip, don't you think?
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