So, this happened 2 months ago, but I just wanted to write it all down to share. I wanted to bear my testimony in church about this experience, but since it requires WAY too much background info, it would have taken the whole meeting to share. So YES, Albert Lea is an insanely weird place in between 2 other equally weird places (those 2 places being Austin MN - Spam City USA - where Hormel stared and the city where they slaughter 10,000 pigs a day for Hormel - I just keep asking myself 'what are we doing here?'). See the post after this one for more about Albert Lea.
So a few of my friends have commented that they were suprised I could find a model is such a small town whose population is composed of at least 90% old people. And it IS crazy that I was able find a model for Ebay. This is literally what happened. With $700 a month in our loan payments, Ryans paycheck would not be able to cover our month to month, expenses, so quitting Ebay was not an option. We had less than $500 in savings and credit card bills due soon. I had gone to Walmart, the grocery store, and the ghetto mall several times looking for a model. It was beginning to really be a problem and I found myself again thinking 'I cant model myself, my butt is huge - maybe I could model the larger sizes.' And I began to get depressed and stressed out and I kept praying to the Lord 'what am I going to do?' because Ryan's paychecks would NOT be able to pay all our expenses. Then, the funniest thought came to my head; 'well, Satan can't stop me from helping to support my family.' Ryan was very practical when he came home that day and was like 'well, we just need to just keep searching until we find someone.' So the next day, he got off work early and we showed up to the high school as school let out (hope that puts a funny picture in your mind me and Ryan cruisin with Lucy, looking for chicks with skinny legs). There had to be a thousand girls, and yet no one was any good. Braces - big butts - super super fake baked - really bad acne - and most importantly - UNskinny thighs. I was like 'crap.' So we are driving around - stopping at the community college, shopko (its like a Kmart), anywhere we can think of. I am driving, and although the town is not big, I manage to go the wrong way and get lost. But then, walking on the side of the road is a girl with skinny thighs! I had to really summon my guts, but I pulled a u-ie (how do you write that word?) and gave her a flyer (oh, yes, I made flyers to hand out!). I hardly looked at her but she looked great. Skinny, skinny thighs. but I didnt want to appear like a weirdo and ask for her phone number. So I get back into the car, and Ryan is like 'you didnt get her number - what if she doesnt call you?' (the flyer had our phone #). And I am like - you're right, I am a wimp. But then she is gone and we have no idea where she went. And I am like CRAP the only girl in the whole city with tiny thighs - gone!
And so we go home, and then 2 hours later she calls and wants to do it! And she is awesome! I found Alex (my model) JUST in the nick of time. We took a ton of artsy pictures (which are awesome if I do say so myself) for me to re-vamp my webpage literally 3 days before it got DEATHLY cold and frozen outside. And even though she had no modeling experience, it looked like she totally knew what was up (maybe she wants to be on top).
It seems like such a silly testimony builder, but how it all worked out made me absolutely know that God was aware of my situation and would help me in even the most random, silliest way. I am willing to work my BUTT of on Ebay to find the items, fix them, measure them, list them, and ship them, but the ONE part that was out of my control was finding a model. And the entire success of my business depends on having a model. And so he helped me find one. A funny thing to make me feel the Lord's awareness of me, but I have been so grateful for that help. It just proves to me that the Lord can do anything and that everything is in his power. As far as I am concerned, he might as well have poofed a model out of thin air. Now I just have to keep doing the hard work part. And yes, the pictures are HOT even if I do say so myself.
It seems like such a silly testimony builder, but how it all worked out made me absolutely know that God was aware of my situation and would help me in even the most random, silliest way. I am willing to work my BUTT of on Ebay to find the items, fix them, measure them, list them, and ship them, but the ONE part that was out of my control was finding a model. And the entire success of my business depends on having a model. And so he helped me find one. A funny thing to make me feel the Lord's awareness of me, but I have been so grateful for that help. It just proves to me that the Lord can do anything and that everything is in his power. As far as I am concerned, he might as well have poofed a model out of thin air. Now I just have to keep doing the hard work part. And yes, the pictures are HOT even if I do say so myself.
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