First, I'll tell you a little about my accounting methods. I get money for Bibles from people who send me cash, my own money, and people who use the Go Fund Me. I put the money in my account (in the case of Go Fund Me, it is deposited into my account after they take their fee, which is fine). I keep a running total of Bible money on my computer.
So, I had 30 left from my Go Fund me, the last deposit. A nice lady sent me $50 (give me your address, Heather - I am so bad about giving out my address on the internet), and a nice man sent me $100. So I had $180.
I like to spend the money quick, although sometimes I take my time, figuring it out. I'd just gotten another catalog from Church Source.
I like Church Source because they are the publisher. Might as well buy direct. They also have very low prices, very high quality, etc. Most of the Bibles also have some sort of how to get saved section, which I really like. It's great to hand out Bibles, but they have to know how to get saved!
I have had very few damaged Bibles from them, too. That's another topic, what to do with the damaged Bibles.
So, I tried to load the web page. And it wouldn't load. Very frustrating. Here I am with my debit card in hand, waiting to buy Bibles, and I can't. Ron said it was the devil.
I tried googling them and clicking on that link, but it took me to Christianbook.com. They're good, but they're more expensive. And I had a coupon for Churchsource, I forgot to mention, for 10% off and Free Shipping. Free shipping is huge, a case of Bibles weighs 20 pounds, 30 pounds actually. One Bible weighs about a pound. Now multiply that by 100 or even 200 Bibles. That's a lot of shipping. So free shipping was key.
The coupon is good until the end of August, and they keep sending me more coupons, so I plan to use them as my primary.
If I could get there. I tried to load the page again after I went to Christianbook and it loaded. Thank God!
I went to the full Bibles section and viewed the choices. They didn't have the NKJV any more, it's a shame, that's my favorite translation. But they had an NIV (easier to read for my recipients, I know they get a lot of hate but I used to read one every day with no problem), so I looked at them.
You might recall I told you I liked orange. It's not my favorite color, I don't have one favorite color, but it's a color I like a lot. They had a mosaic style orange cover. I liked it.
I put 100 in my shopping cart. $200. The more you buy, the cheaper they get! Love that! Now, I had some of my own money in the account, so I was prepared for that. But I had my coupon!
I entered the coupon code and BAM down to $180. You may recall I had $180 in my account, for Bibles. Shipping total was listed at zero. Excellent.
I paid and checked out and they charged me $14 for sales tax (came out of my money). Last I knew, they didn't charge sales tax for Bibles, in Texas. That may have changed. I'll see if they credit me, if not, it's only $14 and it's still better than my discount, not to mention the free shipping.
So I was done. Last order I got in 4 days. The order before that took about a week and a half. But I don't think a lot of people are getting things shipped right about now, not like Christmas or anything. So I will probably get it in a few days. Wednesday or Thursday.
I will have to make up a goodie bag for the driver, with a Bible and some treats. I always thank him profusely and apologize for my big orders, he is always nice about it.
I hate to miss an opportunity with anyone, so I will get him something and pray for him daily.
In fact, I pray for the whole supply chain on Gospel Distributors (that's what I call them). "From the tree, to the tract, to the on-their-knees" as I put it. I pray for safe shipping and packing, good prices for them on supplies, etc. I think it is very important to pray for them, just like all the people in my notebook.
And I am sitting here unshowered. I will take my shower and then do my God Time and pray for you!
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