School Carnival: Tender Mercies

by This is Carrie on October 21, 2009

I can’t let the School Carnival posts go by without mentioning the miracles that happened during the carnival:

1. We were still very short on booth workers with 5 minutes until the start of the carnival until 15 fraternity brothers walked in from our local university and asked if we needed any help. I held in the tears as I walked them over to their assignments. Because of them, the booths ran smoothly all night long.

2. I had been waiting for a UPS box of prizes all week. Finally I was promised it was on a truck to be delivered the day of the carnival. Waited all day. No box. I nervously watched the prizes we did have all night, praying they would last until the box came. It was like the 2 fish and 5 loaves that fed 5000. We actually had enough and the box came 1/2 hour after the carnival ended.

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{ 8 comments }

Jen October 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm

I love it!

Saige October 21, 2009 at 5:35 pm

Awesome. Those were definitely some answered prayers.

Melissa October 21, 2009 at 6:43 pm

Oh how absolutely wonderful. I am so happy you had the help you needed from such an unlikely source!

MMW October 21, 2009 at 7:50 pm

Please do tell…were they Sigma Chi? Were they Phi Delta Theta? Were they FIJIs? Would love to give the Greek world a shout out – and prove stereotypes wrong!

This is Carrie October 22, 2009 at 2:23 am

MMW- They were from Delta Tau Delta and they were AMAZING with the kids. They must have read the book "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" about a million times, entertaining the kids in line. One time I walked by they were doing the rap version. So funny.

Susan October 22, 2009 at 8:07 pm

That's cool!

Grandma October 23, 2009 at 3:37 am

As my mother always used to tell me, "You and the Lord can do anything!" … followed by, "You do all that you can and the Lord will take care of the rest". I'm a total believer in those words.

Kathi D October 23, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Good things happen when you do good things.

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