Cupcakes for life 2009 was an amazing Success! We had so many people trying to log onto our website at once that our whole system crashed twice. How amazing is that? I have gotten to hear about a hundred stories this week of how sprinkles and icing have changed the world. People even heard the gospel of Christ and accepted his free gift with their treat. Because of cupcakes for life some people were born into the kingdom and will be celebrating both there physical birthdays and their spiritual birthdays forever.

One story that moved me was about a girl who had just found out she was pregnant two days before the event. She was scared to tell anyone. However as they baked cupcakes the night before Cupcake Day she felt safe to share her story. Even though she’s a teenager has no money her little baby will be having his first birthday in a year and seven months! This girl would have had every reason to limit the birthdays of her child but she has decided to let it live. How exciting is that?

For the most part the people I talked with found them selves facing very little hostile confrontation. Apparently the cupcakes really soften and sweeten up this conversation. However there have been a tray full of stories of people who did not react pleasantly to our campaign. Unfortunately not everyone loves cupcakes and babies as much as we do. We received a good handful of hate messages from these folks. I’m not sure if we should post them or not. If you want to see them let us know.

One story came to me from a teacher who put some cupcakes in the teachers lounge with a lovely card for her fellow employees. The majority of the staff loved the yummy-conversation starter however the principal didn’t. And on the following day she was fired for offering her “controversial cupcakes” to her peers. These last two weeks have been very hard for her. We are not releasing her name as of yet but please pray for her when you think of it. Let us know what you think of this.

Here are some of our favorite pictures that were submitted! If you have pictures please send them in, you might just end up seeing them on the site!

Please continue to post on our blogs so the world can hear your stories of how cupcakes are allowing more children to have birthdays.