Grand Total....

8/20/12 

I know we just went to the recycling center last week (read about it HERE and HERE), but we needed to go AGAIN! 

So we packed up the cans at the house and from the Cans4Christ trailer, and once again found we ran out of room in the back of the truck! Several bags had to be placed inside the cab--this is good and bad news! Good: We are getting lots of donations; Bad: sometimes we get a nasty smell that lingers in the truck:)  

Here are the bags that were in the truck! HOOOOORAY for so many:) 

We didn't have time to crush these cans before turning them in; so I thought our recycled pound total would be small. But I was WRONG!!! 

Total recycled today: 111 pounds!!!!!!!

That makes a grand total for Cans4Christ as of 8/20/12....

1092 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all who have donated to Cans4Christ! Keep up the great work!!!! 

Revisit

8/17/12 continued

On this trip, Trav and I decided to revisit our largest collection from the woods (see THIS post for details). My fingers were crossed--I was secretly hoping that there were twice the amount as before.

Unfortunately, this area was overgrown and only had one can. That's a huge difference from 584! Either way, it makes a difference for Christ:)

He's Back!!!!!!!!

8/17/12 

It has been FOREVER since Trav has been able to go canning with me! I am soooooooo excited that I get to shout--HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it was literally like he never took a break. Trav got on the bike and started looking for cans--going to the "ends of the Earth" to get each one! We laugh about this saying, but it's true! We go into the brush and woods, bending down and crawling into spaces, getting scratched and bug bites--all for ONE can:) 

Lately, it's been raining. So several cans are hard to reach! I took some pics of Trav debating on how to get a can! 

On our ride, we rode past a friends' NEW house!! I can't wait for them to move here so we all can go canning together! 

I had a great time riding around today--we might not have collected many cans....but I spent time with my FAVORITE person (and Co-Founder of Cans4Christ)!!! <3

Bags: 1

Miles: 5.75

Thursday Regular Route Fun

8/16/12

Thursday means Regular Route as well!! Cans4Christ Canning President, Kates, and I decided to go around our neighborhood and clean up the area. There wasn't much liter, which is good and bad news. Good: our neighborhood is clean; Bad: there weren't many cans to collect! LOL!

We did get a bag of cans while out and about. Here's a pic of Kates coming out of the woods--I believe she found a can there! 

"Good eye, Kates! You are CANTASTIC:)"

We continued with our regular route once we finished on our bikes. We had a good time trying to find one of our new friend's houses--the week before, Tami and I forgot to write down the address due to the rain (click HERE for the post)! We also gained ANOTHER donation for our pick-ups!! This is AWESOME! 

Bags: 1 with all of our regular pick-ups

Miles: 2.09 on the bike; about 15 in the truck

Regular Route With Extras:)

8/13/12 

Monday means Regular Route!! Today we added another Cans4Christ crew member--it was Helene's first time canning:) 

We had a GREAT pick-up of cans!! We passed out some THANK YOU cards and even had someone come out from their house asking for a prayer request!!! **We add "Please let us know if you need anything or if you have a prayer request." at the bottom of the Thank You card. This was our FIRST request! It's exciting to see where God leads us and how He uses our canning ministry!!! 

After our route, Kates, Helene, and I decided to have a gathering. You see-- our husbands were together in a media meeting at church. So we put together a dinner (hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, chips and beans, and drinks!!)!!! 

Apparently Olsen wanted in on this meal:)

Funny thing is....we waited and waited for our husbands! The meeting ran long. Here's the pic I took and texted to Trav so that it would make the guys get home quicker:) 

Miles: the usual for Monday Regular Route
Bags: TONS
Extra: good times with friends, good food, and a prayer request:) 

Our Excitement :)

8/16/12 

Travis and I started Cans4Christ back in March (see our first post HERE). We have enjoyed writing about our journey as we collect cans for our church's building campaign.

We get SUPER excited when the following happens: 

• When we find LOTS of cans on our biking adventures
• When a friend/neighbor/family member says that we can collect their cans weekly
• When we finish a "canning party"
• When we get comments on our blog posts (it means someone is really reading about our adventures!)
• and When we see the numbers of pageviews for our blog GROW!!!!! 

We see the following picture when we log on to our blog-- it's the blog overview. Basically it shows pageviews, top traffic sources, comments, and more stats. Look at how many pageviews we've had on August 10th!!!

77!!!!!! I wonder what that post was about--whatever it was, it must have been interesting:)

So THANK YOU so much for visiting our blog! We appreciate you letting us share our story and God's LOVE!!!!!!!  

Donations from Afar

8/12/12 

We are so thankful for our friends, family, neighbors, and church members who have donated cans to help our church building fund!!! 

We are also thankful for the donations from FAR AWAY! We have family members that live in Panama City, FL. They brought a bag of cans for Cans4Christ on their last trip down!!! 

These pics are not the greatest--it was dusk and I only had my iphone!

This is def. my fav pic of my Brother-In-Law!! 

Again, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all who have donated to Cans4Christ!