Online Book Sale and Samaritan's Purse Clean Water eBay Auctions Going On Now

As some of you probably know, I am a writer, a homeschool blogger, and also a seller on eBay. I began selling on eBay as an effort to produce enough money to get my kids a Happy Meal on Family night years ago. Now, it has progressed though I have yet to clear out my basement.

So, part of the reason I did eBay from the start was to give money back through charity auctions. The charity I chose is Samaritan's Purse Clean Water ministry. I chose this because when my rainbow miracle baby was born, I felt as though my dry and barren womb had been given a life-stream of living water. So, I wanted to help those who were in need of a clean life-giving waater expreience.

Currently I have a couple auctions that are set to give a portion of the proceeds to Samritan's Purse. They are:

Feel free to check out my other listings while you're at it.

I also have an online book sale going on now. I shared pictures of books on my Facebook page but will also share them here. If you like any of them, simply make an offer. To do this through my blog, you can comment or message me through the contact info. at the bottom of my blog OR PM me through my Facebook page - Puddle Jumping Blog.

All I ask is that you PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, start your offer to include shipping, which for books will usually start at about $3.50, depending on where they are being shipped to and their weight. I will happily combine shipping on several books, but keep in mind that as the weight increases so does the USPS price, even with media mail. And, I can't ship things like scale or plush animals media.

So - Happy book buying. Here is what I have to offer:

Ebay Auction For Clean Water

After multiple miscarriages, God graciously granted me a beautiful and healthy baby girl.  During my pregnancy, my prayer was that my dry, barren womb would be a well-spring of life....That from my desert, there would be living water.  God heard my prayer.  My daughter's name, in fact, means "I am the Lord who answers!"

Knowing that God gives only good gifts, but not for us to contain and hide away, I wanted to give back.  My obvious choice was to select a mission who provides clean water to those who need it.  Whether it's from a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina or the Japan Tsunami, or from daily unclean water, I sought to provide clean water to those in a dry, thirsty, barren land.

I began to give back half of all my Ebay earnings to Samaritan's Purse Clean Water Mission.  But, as life would take its turns, this past year has brought me to a point of needing to use that money to pay down personal/family debt.  This was a decision filled with struggle as I believe in giving, but the Bible also instructs us to take care of our family as a priority.  In addition to this struggle, Ebay has rules.  Their rules state that sellers cannot promote auctions for charity unless they are sponsored through an organization called Mission Fish.  Wanting to follow Ebay's rules and still wanting to give in the meantime, I have set up an occasional auction where half of the proceeds go to Samaritan's Purse.  As my debt goes down, I hope to once again give back half off of every auction whether they are Mission Fish sponsored or just through my own giving.

Currently up for auction on Ebay through Mission Fish with half the proceeds going to Samaritan's Purse is this adorable doll.  He is a groom doll and would make a perfect gift for a bride to give her hubby, or for a ring bearer gift or just to have for his cuteness factor.  He is a good, large sized doll and is still inside original box.

You can read his full description here!

Know that when you purchase this auction, you are giving a well-spring of clean water to those in need.  Not only tangible, drinkable water, but spiritual water as well because Samaritan's Purse is a Christian organization of Franklin Graham (Billy Graham's son) who spreads the gospel of Christ.