Raising money for the World Race is beyond out of my comfort zone. I am not the type to ask for help. I'm actually way too stubborn and prideful for that. Thankfully God has been humbling me and has taken away some of that fearfulness. Without even asking for certain things God abundantly blesses me. Although I am not very creative, I have been blessed with a few ideas that have worked well for me. I feel that if someone wants to donate to me they at least deserve a little something back. So I have been selling t-shirts and bracelets and honestly I enjoy making them thoroughly. I have made so many new friends from it and had so many people join my prayer team for this journey. I have some people that just come up and hand me money, some who over pay, and some who shower me with love and support. All of the above are FUNdraising to me. I say FUN because it is fun. I could not imagine it any other way. The joy I receive is overwhelming. I honestly feel like a rock star around my town. I hear "that's Miss Faith" as I walk around Target any given day. I go to church and get attacked with hugs the whole time. I am blessed and honored to have such an amazing support group. There are a few stories I find the need to share from my fundraising so far. They melt my heart and give me a little glimpse at my future.
To begin with, I am blessed by being apart of one of the best churches ever. They surprised me at VBS a few weeks ago by asking the children to raise money for my trip! Yes, I had to go on stage and it felt like a billion people were staring at me, but I survived. It was well worth the embarrassment. The children in 1 week, 1 WEEK, raised $1,700! What? Yes, that's just straight up God. But, there's more. The closing night they asked the parents to match that. Yes, surprise again and embarrassment again but yet it was so worth it. Within a few minutes, MINUTES, the parents donated over $1,500. Yes seriously, I had to pick my mouth off the floor. I do not mean to put limits on God but I did not expect him to place supporting me on so many hearts. Ha, silly me, God can do anything. Yes, I still have to raise plenty more but I now have let go of that anxiety and stress, knowing that my heavenly father with provide again. What's better than receiving money for my trip? Hearing what kids have to tell me about it. The most heartwarming thing I could ever hear is children praying for me. What's even better than that? Having those children go home and tell their families about it. I have been blessed to speak with so many parents about my trip and share a little piece of my heart. The best is knowing that a 5 year old can use my example of faith to witness to his father. I don't care who you are, that's cool. Almost as cool as when that same kid asked if there would be a book in the bible named after me since I was doing all these things!!!! Yes please 🙂
Kids are not the only great ones though. So many people in my Sunday school class have bought t-shirts and bracelets and just given me money. I've had extremely sweet church members welcome me into their home and shower me with gifts and love. Most of the time treating me like a princess!! 😉 Recently I had a women's bible study ask if they could do a yard sale for me….Seriously?! Saying I'm BLESSED is an understatement.
