Last month we mentioned in “The Well” how we needed a trailer to haul the puppet and singing equipment to and from programs. We had received several quotes on purchasing one that were about $2,000.00.

Recently, Lou has been spending some time on-line at a place called “eBay,” which is an auction site. There he found a few trailers that were for sale. One of the trailers didn’t seem to have too high of a bid so Lou placed a bid on it. Later that same night the auction ended and we found out that our bid was the highest; thus we were the proud owners of a 5′ x 8′ trailer.

The person who sold the trailer was located in Ohio and offered to deliver it to us for a nominal charge, which we considered a bargain. Within two weeks he did so and we had the title transferred and purchased a plate and the following week it was in use.

We filled the trailer full; top to bottom, side to side, front to back. It’s hard to believe we fit all that stuff in our van before.

With the help of our printing business we were able to add the vinyl lettering to the side of the trailer that includes our name, location, and phone number.

All in all, the final cost was about $1,200.00 which was less than we anticipated. Currently we have received $170.00 in pledges towards the purchase of the trailer and the rest of the funds came from the general fund. Praise the Lord that we had just enough!

We are still accepting donations toward the cost of the trailer so if you want to help it is not too late. Just mark your donation for the trailer and we will apply it to the expenses.