Saving for the BIG 4th Grade Field Trip

Marissa has a big over night field trip coming up in Spring of 2009. 4th graders study CA History so the 4th grade teachers like to children to experience CA through a trip to the Capitol. They will get to spend one night on the american River, go panning for gold, see Old Town Sacramento, and visit the Capitol Building. Marissa would really like to go. The kids need to fund raise the 500.00 dollars they need to go. So, this morning when we had our garage sale, I set up a stand for Marissa to sell homemade cookies and coffee. Well, she did wonderfully. I only made 20.00 bucks, but she made 21.00. I guess we'll have to sell a lot more cookies in the upcoming months if she is too make 500.00, but it was a wonderful learning experience that money is more difficult to come by than it may seem. We'll just keep this trip in our prayers, and if Marissa is meant to go, we know that God will provide the means. I am just glad she is learning patience and hard work through this.