Last night I was the auctioneer for the 4th Annual Mission's Auction at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at MTSU. This was my third year to do it, so I knew what I was getting into. What's important to remember when you're an auctioneer is that you need to drink plenty of water during the auction, you don't have to enunciate every word (only the numbers to hear the bet), and level your voice so that the audience gets excited when an item for bid gets higher.
This auction broke records. Several items went over $100! Note that in a regular auction, this doesn't seem like a huge number. However we were in a room full of college students who can't even afford to pay attention (thanks John Cook for letting me borrow that joke). You know how much money we ended up raising? We raised over $850! We are over our Mission Goal for the year (which was $4500) and we are not even done with everything!
I'm still recovering a little bit. It's quite a workout to fast-talk for that long of time. It's like an ab workout. Plus I drank about 3 bottles of water so well...I'll let you figure out what happened because of that. I didn't get as much sleep last night because the adrenaline didn't wear off right away. I don't have class today so it's not that big of deal.
Other than that, there's not much happening. I'm starting, "Becoming a Contagious Christian" with my 8th grade Lifegroup. We're actually going through the book in six weeks, and I'm excited about it. It's challenging for me as well as them, but I think we'll both get a lot out of it. I also have two adults in the room with me, Phillip and Art, so it's good to have their support.
I better be going. I hope you have a great rest of the day!
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