Today is our big fundraiser at Panda Express, an Americanized Chinese restaurant that is sort of fast food-ish. Why are we doing a fundraiser with a Chinese restaurant? Simply because of the Lord's direction...

...and because there isn't a restaurant that I know of that serves South African food.

We were working on a fundraiser a couple of weeks ago and had worked up a hunger. One of the girls on the team did a quick run to Panda Express and got a couple of us lunch. She returned with the glorious food as well as paperwork and information on how to do a fundraiser with Panda Express. Kaitlin had totally networked with the manger of the store and this great opportunity just landed in our laps. We decided to run with it and a couple of weeks later, it’s the big day and we are hoping for some big returns.

So this is how it works: people collect a flyer and bring it in to Panda Express with them. They then purchase all the Chinese food they can eat and 20% if that meal goes towards a running total for us. At the end of the night, the restaurant totals it all up and then writes a check out to our team. It is a pretty sweet deal.

We have spent these last few days put flyers all over campus, giving them to local businesses and using all the means of advertising at our university. We put a lot of work into this as a team and we just pray that the Lord moves in the hearts of those who have flyers and gives them a deep hunger that can only be filled with chow mien, orange chicken and egg rolls. : )

If you are too far away to enjoy some Panda, would you consider lifting us up in prayer today? We know without a doubt that the Lord is faithful, sovereign and so much more powerful than we are. May He be glorified through our efforts!