The Breakfast Club

YAY TEAM! We did it! We did not quiet make the $2000 goal, but we did reach our project goal. Our hope was to raise enough money for a specific project. We could actually buy two if we needed to, but since we don't, we have enough to purchase many more needed items to get the store up and running.

Sincere thanks to all who sold tickets, who purchased tickets, who came to eat or serve. Added thanks to those who did any of the above and THEN made a donation to the tip jar too!

FATZ CAFE on Pottery Road in Spartanburg could not have been a better host. Chris Anderson and his staff made us feel right at home.

A shout out to our kitchen and wait-staff/hosts and hostesses... pictured above are (front row) Donna Dawkins, Kim Williams, HG Hall, Christine Hall, Jill Green, Dana Stout, (back row) Cindy Denhard, Larry Armstrong, D'Anunzio Smith, Marie Brewer, Jami Crisman, Susan High & Doug Williams. We had other volunteers that are not pictures that we would also like to give a shout out to... Cindy Cantrell, Jodi Burnett, Sonia Burnett and Mary (Cindy's sister - whose name I'll post later!)

Most special thanks to Christ Jesus for being a MAN of HIS WORD. During our Broken to Beautiful Conference in October 2007 just a block away from Fazt at the Spartanburg Expo Center, these were the words I received during our communion... "I want to provide for your needs. I want you to trust me enough to say with confidence, "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want." (Psalm 23:1)

Well, I have to tell you He has been doing that right and left like crazy lately. Which leads me to believe that Wellspring Living SC is an idea (plan from above) whose time has come! It so feels like we are experiencing the "YES" of God right now!

And can I say... it feels great!

Be our guest...

We hope you will remember to come out an be our guest this Saturday morning...
October 16th from 7:30 - 10:30

Pancake Breakfast
FATZ on Pottery Road (Waccamaw)

We would love to have you as our true guest, but it is of course Dutch Treat!

See you there!

Can you say BIG GIRL?

That's what we hope to be by this time next week. We are hosting our first big-time fund raiser.
Our only other fund raiser to date was the purse sale last year. We made a somewhere over $300. The neat thing was we needed $310 to pay for our 501(c)3 application. So just when we needed it, God provided.

So, next weekend we will be hosting a PANCAKE BREAKFAST with the opportunity to make $2000. I know in the world of fund raising, that is still small potatoes. But to us right now, that's big.

Sounds easy enough. But it won't happen if we don't sell all of our tickets. Our goal is 500... yes, that's a lot, but not if YOU would buy a ticket.

Who doesn't love a great pancake, with lots of butter and syrup, served up hot with sausage links and fruit. Topped off with your favorite beverage.
Everything is included for just $7.

You can finish up just in time to make it down to Clemson, or head on up I26 and spend a great day in the mountains.

As you know, we have been working hard to get the Wellspring Treasures re-sale store up and running. This opportunity could not come at a better time to help with some of the expenses that come along with this undertaking.

Hoping you will come join us as we celebrate like a BIG GIRL!

FATZ CAFE
6750 Pottery Road
Spartanburg, SC
574-4814

Almost... almost... almost there!

The pictures at the beginning are the most recent.

Finished the floors this morning and now the great move in and set up begins!


Scripture to be added around the mirror.

Dressing room door panels.

Donated chairs that will be used around the store, ten in all!

Decoupaged desk that will be used in the wedding gown dressing area.

Floor before and after.

The WORD wall is almost complete.

Display pieces.

The back room, it's much fuller now! This was taken over a week ago.

Cindy is always a real trooper and a real joy!

The office area. I installed the wireless printer today and thought it was going to take as long as the whole paint job. An ssid... really?

A fresh white and silver door makes all the difference.

Please continue to pray for us as we take this huge step of faith. As the song says...

"all I have needed, Thy hand has provided, great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me.

So much so that I am thinking an Ebenezer stone will have a special place in the store.

If you have things you would like to donate, or if you would like to volunteer, please let us know.

The week in review

"Don't Cry Shop Girl"

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If you are like me, you know exactly who said that, who he said it to and you know where they were standing. I have watched You've Got Mail so many times that I could probably recite it line by line. It's a movie we always watch every time we flip the channel and see that it's own. I guess that's why most of my family can recite it too!

Too many times to count when one of them knows I am about to cry over something, that's what I always hear... "don't cry shop girl".

Never in a million years did I ever think that I would be exactly that - a shop girl!

I know it won't be a permanent position, but for the time being shop girl it is.

Wellspring has officially moved into the Reidville Circle Center, right down the side walk from Ice Cream and Coffee Beans. How great is that? I hadn't been there two hours today when I made my way for my first gallon of strawberry tea! We will be right next door to B & D Family Jewelers, in the old Emblad's Hallmark Store. Right now the sign over our door is from the most recent business, Palmetto Style Salon. We'll take care of that in the very near future.


The name of the store will be Wellspring Treasures. That's representative of the women that will come through the doors of the Wellspring Home. They've been tossed aside and some think they have lost their worth. But thanks be to God, through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ on the cross... they are indeed His treasure. Just like you and me!

The pics above are the before pics. It's really cute in a lot of ways. But it doesn't have that Wellspring feel yet. But is will... soon! We had a sweet friend donate the paint today. We also have some volunteer painters ready to get started.

Maybe you have some time, some muscle, or a highly creative gene that you'd like to share!

Or - maybe you have been needing to do that long over-due spring cleaning. We will be accepting donations in a few weeks.

We would love to have you join the hands on fun. Call me, or if you have already gotten in touch, I will be back in touch with you in the next few days. If you're out and about and want to stop in, call to see if we're in. You can call 809-7457.

It is an exciting time, and it is so very sweet. But we all know that this will pale in comparison to opening the Wellspring Home and loving on that first woman as she walks through the door. To steal another line from another movie... a diamond in the rough!

Remember that one from Aladdin?

So for now... no tears for this shop girl!

Here's Y(OUR) Sign

Which of the pictures best describe this weeks events?
Circle the correct answer below:

A. A sign of the times

B. A sign of things to come

C. A sign that our time has come

D. All of the above

Over the past few weeks I have been ordering some free items from Vistaprint. This week I resolved not to open a single email from them, because "free" can become quite addictive.

I did think that since we knew we would have a store at some point a few banners would be a great thing to have on hand. At some point soon that is!

We received a call from Spencer Hines yesterday saying the owners of the building had accepted our offer and wanted to know when we wanted to start our lease.

Let me catch my breath.... let me think about that for about a second...

How about September 1st, 2010?

September 1, 2010 it is!

So it seems D is the right answer... All of the above!

The location will be revealed in the next few weeks after all the motions have been made, seconded, all the papers are signed and all the dancing and praising done!

We will be opening the store with quite the collection of new wedding dresses, shoes and other formal attire. As room allows we also plan to have our re-sale section. Who knows what God has in store for us?

If you would be interested in becoming a Wellspring volunteer to help get
this part of the vision started, please email me at susan@wellspringsc.org and I'll be in touch to see how and when we can put you to work.

Speaking of work, one day last week when I picked up my Bible for my daily reading, I opened it to Psalms 90. I have been reading a Psalm a day for a while and this was my designated spot for the day. It has become my daily prayer since then.

Psalm 90:17... May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish
the work of our hand for us- yes, establish the work of our hands.

Establish HE IS!

Thank YOU Lord for Your Favor and Your hand of blessing.

Thank You for the call,

Thank YOU for the Vision,

Thank YOU for being YOU !