Let me tell you how awesome God is. As all of you know I have been raising support for the World Race since September. When I first started to raise money, I sent out my support letters and waited. I had heard that the key to raising support is to follow up with people once you send out letters. I thought, ok, I have all of this time at home and that is what God wants me to do. WRONG. I started calling a few people and it just didn’t feel right. It was always really hard for me and not really hard in a God calling way.
I still felt like I was supposed to do it and that was the only way I would get money. WRONG again. God told me to chill and relax that He has it covered. I don’t like not being in control sometimes (I’m getting better at it) and so it was hard for me to just sit. During that time of sitting and waiting, God called me to donate a substantial amount of my own money towards sponsorship.
This was my lesson of financial deadline 1: Trust God with your personal finances
The second deadline is coming just after the first of December and this time I was NOT going to be controlling like I was the first deadline. I really told God that He could tell me what to do to raise money. I did not focus on fundraising at all. Instead, I could see how God was helping me build relationships with people and that was His focus. Through those relationships, God used other people to support me and to get to know me. I was able to have lunch/coffee outings with various people and was able to speak at different events. Nothing I was controlling, just what God was planning.
On November 11th, I had an 11/11 online event. I asked anyone to donate $11 on November 11th to help me raise support. In one week, God lead 24 people to give $1,300. PRAISE GOD!!!! That was incredible to me. I just thanked Him and continued in what He was doing in me on a daily basis.
This morning, I looked at my account and I had $5,300 in it. I knew that I would have the money that I needed in the timing that it was supposed to be there. I had no doubt in my mind that it would be there. Someone asked me today what I would do if the money didn’t come. I told her that that was not going to happen because God was going to provide. Well, little did I know that He was going to provide TONIGHT!!!!
I came back from bible study and happened to look at my account. My account went from
$5,300 to……………….$6,470!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lesson of financial deadline 2: Trust God with other people’s finances
Right now, I am happy to say that I am only $30 away from leaving in January. I just want to thank every single person who has donated for my support. God is using you to stretch my faith and trust in Him daily and I could not thank you all enough. I can’t wait for all of you to come on this journey with me !!!!!!!!!
On top of all of this, I am 2 hours away from my birthday. I just got the best birthday present ever!
