HEY FRIENDS!!! I apologize for the big gap in time between my last post and this one, but God has been doing a lot in my life. For starters, there are only 11 days, I REPEAT 11 DAYS, until training camp!!!! I am so unbelievably pumped to meet my amazing teammates, worship the Lord, be a high school graduate and dive into this amazing adventure. If training camp is only 11 days away that means that there are only 67 days, I REPEAT 67 DAYS, until I leave America!!! WHOA!
Quick financial update….
I AM 46.65% SUPPORTED!!! I just want to give a huge thank you to those who have financially supported me!!! I would not be able to do this without you, so thank you so so much!!! If you have not yet donated, please consider giving a financial donation. There is a “support me” button on the top of my blog where you can donate. I am almost half way supported and that is truly amazing, but that means I still have another half to go!!!
You may be wondering about the title of this post. God has been teaching me a lot these past weeks about trust and doubt. Support raising is difficult, especially when you are a doubter. I am a doubter. I am a logical thinker. Logically it should not make sense that people would give the generous amounts that I have received. Logically it should not make sense to trust a supernatural being with a material object like money. Thinking logically works for lots of things, but God is about the miraculous in my life!
Every time before I send a letter or go visit someone, I pray. I pray over the letter and the person’s heart. But every time I prayed this in the past there was always a shred of doubt. Big donations and incredible financial stories happen to others and would never happen to me. Every donation small or big I am in awe of and so thankful. One week before my first financial deadline, I was really doubting. Some of my teammates were dropping out or switching to other routes because they needed more time to fundraise or they just couldn’t meet the deadline. I was freaking out and starting to question if I should even be on this route or if I should be looking at other options too. Satan is really good at feeding us lies at points of weakness or doubt. But God knows His children and has got a plan. That week was incredible! Checks were coming in left and right. Short conversations were turning into big donations and each time I doubted, another envelope would appear in my mailbox. People I never thought would give, gave. I met the first $5,000 deadline with $5,025. That week and since then God has continued to affirm me that this is where He wants me and that He has got my finances. Now I can say I fully 100% trust him and there isn’t a doubt in my mind that He will provide but it took some pretty amazing things to convince me. I still pray for every letter and people’s hearts, but this time I fully believe in what I am praying.
I am so unbelievably excited for this experience and I hope that you would consider partnering with me financially. Thank you again to those of you who have given already!!! I am so pumped to share this journey with you all!
Until next time….
Expecting Great Things from God,
Bri Stump (:
