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Title: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Gabe on April 01, 2009, 08:43:13 AM
With much excitement and a little hesitancy my wife and I are moving forward to a new season of life.  We sold our house yesterday.  In 30 days we will be packing up what we can take with us and moving to Tajikistan to share the gospel among an unreached people group that lives there. 

I plan to keep a couple Redemption decks but realistically I can't take most of these cards with me.  I need to part with them quickly so they're priced to sell.  I'm also giving 100 free commons for every purchase of $10 or more.  Just include a note with the brigade(s) you'd like.  Shipping is $1 per order.  I can accept paypal, checks or cash.


Yes, this was an April fools joke.  I expect that someday we will be called elsewhere, but that hasn't happened yet.  It might be across the state, across the country or across the world.  All I know is that we need to be ready to go and hold on to the things of this world loosely.  Both of those things can be tough.

Last year I took a class called Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. (http://www.perspectives.org)  This year my wife is taking it.  Talk about an amazing eye opening experience.  There's so many awesome stories about how God has been moving throughout the ages and the class ties it all together.  If the class is offered in your area it's worth the time and money.

Thanks to all who PM'd me and offered your support and prayers.  It's great being part of this community of Redemption players.  I cherish what we have and will miss it whenever God calls me away.

Oh, and thanks for being good sports!  I promise not to be so ornery next year... maybe. ::)

Gabe
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Ironica on April 01, 2009, 08:57:12 AM
I'll take:

1   Destruction of Nehushtan   $4.00 (save the other two for other people :))
1   Unholy Writ                     $1.00
1   King of Tyrus (Wa)            $4.00
1   The Destroyer                  $1.00
1   Fire, Smoke, and Sulfur      $1.00
                                         $11.00

*edit (I would rather spend the extra five bucks to get the boosters in the tins (and the actual tin itself (I use them for my playgroup deck holders)).  Sorry)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: CountFount on April 01, 2009, 09:00:20 AM
I will take:
2x GoYS
2x DoNS
1x Captured Ark
2x Wall Protection

Total: $25.00
Shipping: $1.00
Grand Total $26.00

Where do I send Paypal?

Thanks and Good Luck.
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on April 01, 2009, 09:09:15 AM
Happy April Fools Day?
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: uthminister [BR] on April 01, 2009, 09:22:57 AM
I'll take everything that is left on the list above...but seriously, $4 for Authority of Christ promo...April 1st...I think this is a little obvious...but if not then...ahhhhh
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: 777Godspeed on April 01, 2009, 09:44:17 AM
PM sent and I probably fell for it.   ::)


Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: NWJosh on April 01, 2009, 10:41:16 AM
If you went through all the work for this to be an April's fools joke, good one..................
if not I'll take the

Josephs in Prison x3
King of Tyrus (Wa)
King of Tyrus (pr) x3
Priest of Christ x3

Heck if you sell the rest of the collection in bulk I'll buy it.................This must be april fools but I can't pass it up if its not LOL
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Wanderer on April 01, 2009, 11:05:14 AM
Gabe I'll take
GOYS
Don
BS
30 Pieces of Silver
Wall
New Beg
Michael (aw)
Trumpet Blast
Kot
NJ
King David
AOC
POC
And have a great day.(April 1st)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Gabe on April 01, 2009, 11:16:16 AM
I've got tons of PM's.  I'll try to reply to everyone this evening.  Thanks for your patience.

Gabe
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: crustpope on April 01, 2009, 11:23:03 AM
Wow, OK  I'll bite. By the way.  I wish you the best of luck in Tajikistan.  I hope that God blesses your minsitry there greatly and that you keep in contact with us all back here.

I will take these if they are left.

GoYs (2)
DoN (2)
NJ (2)
AoC (4)
PoC (2)
HT promo ( 8 ) I'll be giving them to winners of type A at my tourneys
Altar of Ahaz (4)
Lampstand (2)
Michael AW(1)
KoT wa( 2)
KoT pt(2)
Stillness (2)
Wall of Protection (2)
Seeker (1)
Soldier (1)
Nero (2)
Judas (2)
Joseph in Prison (3)
High Preist Plot (3)
Saul/Paul (1)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: STAMP on April 01, 2009, 11:28:13 AM
I want to be the greeter at GabeMart.   :)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Captain Kirk on April 01, 2009, 12:51:04 PM
Gabe,
If this is an April Fool's Joke, you got us all good! 

If it is not, I will definitely pray for this drastic change in your life.  That is so exciting!

I am interested in the following if they are still available:

Captured Ark x2 - $6
King David x2 - $8
Michael (k) x2 - $8
Harvest Time x4 (1 wa 3 pr) - $8

And I'll buy the number listed next to these, or as many as you are selling:
Uzzah x all
Haman's Plots x all
Revealer LS x all
Jacob (RoA) x4
Holy Grail x all
FRP LS x 2
CotH (k) x2
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: soul seeker on April 01, 2009, 01:12:54 PM
With much excitement and a little hesitancy my wife and I are moving forward to a new season of life.  We sold our house yesterday.  In 30 days we will be packing up what we can take with us and moving to Tajikistan to share the gospel among an unreached people group that lives there. 

I plan to keep a couple Redemption decks but realistically I can't take most of these cards with me.  I need to part with them quickly so they're priced to sell.  I'm also giving 100 free commons for every purchase of $10 or more.  Just include a note with the brigade(s) you'd like.  Shipping is $1 per order.  I can accept paypal, checks or cash.
The bolded part is why I, personally, KNOW this is a joke. Hahahaha....selling a house quickly in this market...hahahaha

 ::)   I will check in to buy my selections tomorrow.  ;)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: Ironica on April 01, 2009, 02:38:40 PM
With much excitement and a little hesitancy my wife and I are moving forward to a new season of life.  We sold our house yesterday.  In 30 days we will be packing up what we can take with us and moving to Tajikistan to share the gospel among an unreached people group that lives there. 

I plan to keep a couple Redemption decks but realistically I can't take most of these cards with me.  I need to part with them quickly so they're priced to sell.  I'm also giving 100 free commons for every purchase of $10 or more.  Just include a note with the brigade(s) you'd like.  Shipping is $1 per order.  I can accept paypal, checks or cash.
The bolded part is why I, personally, KNOW this is a joke. Hahahaha....selling a house quickly in this market...hahahaha

 ::)   I will check in to buy my selections tomorrow.  ;)

Actually, this is THE market to buy houses (since they are so cheep right now).  So it isn't surprising that they sold their house quickly (and who knows when they put there house on the market to begin with).

Gabe, how do you want your dough?
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: soul seeker on April 01, 2009, 02:42:33 PM
except, I've been trying to sale for well over a year AND banks are making it very hard for most to get loans AND people are losing jobs AND people are afraid to invest into a house with a collapsing economy AND the list goes on...Trust me, I have had MANY conversations with my real estate agent.  I know more about the housing market than I want to.
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: lightningninja on April 01, 2009, 03:04:01 PM
If this isn't a joke...

Soldier of God
priests of Christ
Guardian
Destruction
Unholy Writ
Abram/Abraham
Torment
Joseph in Prison
Panic Demon

That's $22.  :-* If this is a joke I just want you to know that you broke my heart.  ::)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: uthminister [BR] on April 01, 2009, 03:50:02 PM
I don't know why you guys are all putting in your offers cause on the fourth non Gabe post I said I would take everything that was left...
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: YourMathTeacher on April 01, 2009, 04:16:40 PM
I don't know why you guys are all putting in your offers cause on the fourth non Gabe post I said I would take everything that was left...

Well maybe we are willing to pay more...  :o
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: uthminister [BR] on April 01, 2009, 05:08:38 PM
I hope so cause if Brian is really uprooting his family and taking them to Tajikistan he will likely need a much funds as possible. I mean have you checked this place out yet...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan)
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: YourMathTeacher on April 01, 2009, 05:50:04 PM
I mean have you checked this place out yet...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan)

Ironically, I did. I thought he made up the name as part of the joke.  ;D
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: NWJosh on April 01, 2009, 05:59:46 PM
YMT I thought the same thing, then I went and checked it out and was like oh my gosh it is a real place.
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: STAMP on April 01, 2009, 06:15:53 PM
I know the place well as I recently helped my daughter with her school work and subsequent project on the area.
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: sk on April 01, 2009, 07:27:05 PM
BrianGabe, how'd you learn the Fārsīwān language?  Was your college amazingly diverse, or are you just planning on going as a Macaulay-type 'English-only culture destroyer'?
Title: Re: Tons of cards priced to sell ASAP!!!
Post by: robm on April 01, 2009, 07:48:10 PM
well it would have been nice to get some of these cards so cheap

don't have any GOYS, or Destructions...

and I am really looking for that 4 dollar authority... I need that card for my deck... :(
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Gabe on April 01, 2009, 10:43:26 PM
Front page updated!
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: crustpope on April 01, 2009, 10:50:01 PM
BOOOO!

I WANT MY 4$ DoN!

LOL.  when I first saw the post I about soiled my pants.  then I caught my breath and thought about it.  I delayed for a long time but then I had to post because I couldn't let it go by if it was real!

Gabe, did anyone ever tell you about the little boy who cried wolf?...
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Prof Underwood on April 01, 2009, 11:49:26 PM
I expect that someday we will be called elsewhere, but that hasn't happened yet.  It might be across the state, across the country or across the world.
Perhaps even to a small boarding school in the hills of Eastern KY where God completely transforms the lives of teenagers who really need transforming.
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Ironica on April 02, 2009, 01:14:33 AM
For some one who hasn't been "fooled" in over a decade, this one got me off guard.  Good job  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: CountFount on April 02, 2009, 09:15:03 AM
Thanks for the cards! Mint too. I thought they would be a little worn.
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Colin Michael on April 02, 2009, 09:19:12 AM
Gabe, did anyone ever tell you about the little boy who cried Worf?...


Sorry, I watched that episode last night.
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: crustpope on April 02, 2009, 09:41:50 AM
lol  now you are contaminating this thread with all the star trek talk from the other
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: 777Godspeed on April 02, 2009, 10:06:44 AM
Gabe,

     Thanks for keeping us on our toes. The explanation is thought provoking and it is good to keep us ever aware that we can be called on to make the move across the state, country or world. I like the lyrics from the song Crawl to China by Tourniquet. The first line says "Is God asking you to crawl to China  Or just to cross the street?  It can be that simple.


Godspeed,
Mike
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: STAMP on April 02, 2009, 10:41:27 AM
I want to be the greeter at GabeMart.   :)

Yes, this was an April fools joke. 

Gabe


D'oh!  I'm unemployed.   :'(
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: uthminister [BR] on April 02, 2009, 10:47:39 AM
So what if I already bought my money order and put it in the mail this morning...??? ???
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: soul seeker on April 02, 2009, 10:59:22 AM
I told you guys the quick selling of his house gave it away.  :giveup:  That and his announcement conveniently came on April 1st.
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Gabe on April 02, 2009, 11:19:40 AM
I told you guys the quick selling of his house gave it away.

I disagree with you on that point.  I've seen two families I know sell their house in three weeks or less this year when God called them off to a mission field.  One was my parents, the other a family from church.  I know that's not the norm in our economy.  I also saw friends wait a year or more for their house to sell.  I saw God use all these situations for his glory.  He's bigger than our economy.  When he's ready to move your house will sell my friend.  :)
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: soul seeker on April 02, 2009, 11:53:21 AM
I must admit from time to time my faith has been rattled some by the slow sale of our house.

But then, God sends an encouragement in different forms to let me and my family know He still cares.

It has been a frustrating process, because my personality type likes to see the "end of the tunnel" or to "know the big picture." 
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Prof Underwood on April 02, 2009, 12:25:48 PM
I must admit from time to time my faith has been rattled some by the slow sale of our house.
I'm sure that some of the priest's faith was rattled when they got to the edge of the Jordan River and nothing happened.  They had been walking to it for a while and it was the "last possible moment" and nothing happened.  But they just started wading out into it anyway.  It wasn't until they were already in the river that it parted and the Israelites were able to walk through to Jericho.

God's timing is not our timing.  I know that you already know that, but I thought you might want to be reminded anyway :)
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Captain Kirk on April 02, 2009, 01:52:05 PM
I understand what it is like to have a house not sell for a long time.  Let me encourage you by sharing a similar experience and how the Lord brought us through it.  I pray you might take comfort in what the Lord will do for you and your family after hearing what He did for mine.

The Lord moved my family from Virginia to Florida a couple years back due to God calling my dad to a new church (He is a pastor).  We put our house on the market in early February 2007 and this was in the midst of the rapid collapse of housing market.  My dad had to move to start his new position in March in Florida and left my mom and my siblings (minus my older sister at college) in Virgina.  In a small town of 5,000 people in Florida, there were not homes available for sale that had more than 2 bedrooms and it would be so hard to live in a house with only 2 bedrooms, so we had to decide to build a home there.  My dad needed a place to live in the meantime, so he rented a house there.  My family moved down during the second week in June to the rental home as the builders began construction of our new home.  However, our house back in Virgina just would not sell and we had to slowly lower the price by a fourth of the initial listing price.  It was a very trying time for my family, as my dad had to make payments on 3 homes starting in July 2007, the one for sale in Virginia, the rental home in Florida, and the new home being built. 

We already were hard pressed to make ends meet in Virgina when we had a single house payment to worry about, so it was definitely a time of great reliance upon the Lord during the 6 months of 3 house notes.  We sought after the Lord in the sale of our home, but it was not the Lord's timing.  God was good and provided enough money each month to cover three house notes, and it was incredible to see God's provision!  I started college in August and was not there during most of this trying period, but it was incredible to hear of God's amazing greatness in meeting our needs during such a hard time.  As I was in prayer at school over this situation, it was so encouraging to get phone calls from my parents about how money, food, and other gifts were anonymously mailed to us and people who hardly knew who my parents were approached them to help make ends meet.  We moved into our new home just before Christmas in 2007 and the house in Virgina finally sold in the the early spring of 2008.

The housing situation did not go the way we expected it to, and it was very hard on my family, but God showed us that His ways are higher and that He was using such a time to teach us to fully rely on Him more.  We had to trust God to literally provide for our daily needs, because if it weren't for him, my family literally would not have had money to put food on the table.

I hope you don't mind reading the long post, but I wanted to brag on our God and His greatness and give Him the glory He deserves.  I pray that this is an encouragement to you to continue to seek after the Lord wholeheartedly, and He will be faithful to meet your needs, and that includes selling your home.

Praying for you and your family, God bless,
Kirk
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: Gabe on April 02, 2009, 02:01:58 PM
That's an awesome story of God's privision, Kirk!  Thanks for taking the time to share it with us! :amen:
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: soul seeker on April 02, 2009, 02:05:05 PM
Thank you Kirk and others for sharing with and encouraging me.  I'm just carrying one house...I can't even imagine 3.  It is great to hear how God moves and cares about His children.  Again, thank you for encouraging me.  At Christmas time, I couldn't imagine how I was going to keep the house until March and now it's April and God continues to provide.  Again, thank you guys for your encouragement and prayers!
Title: Re: Explanation and April Fools
Post by: lightningninja on April 02, 2009, 02:56:49 PM
That's awesome Kirk. Thanks for sharing. Our god really is an awesome God!  :)
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