Monday morning I woke up and realized I had ten days to raise $2500.
I had a bit of a meltdown.
I posted a dramatic Facebook status begging for money, I reread it over and over for 20 minutes and hated myself for writing it because I just hate asking for help, and then I started scrolling through the September routes because I just couldn’t see any way that I’d come up with enough money to leave in three weeks.
My mom even tried to encourage me, “Don’t some of the September routes have a lot of the same countries? Maybe you could go back to Costa Rica! And I’m sure Moe’s would love to have you back for a couple months!”
And I remembered how much I just don’t WANT to go in September. I don’t want different countries(even if one of them is Costa Rica, as tempting as that is), I love F Squad too much to go with anyone else, and I sure don’t want to work at Moe’s anymore. I AM GOING IN JULY AND NO ONE IS STOPPING ME.
So I slammed my laptop shut and started praying.
“Okay God, I’m just sick of this. I can’t do it anymore. If you want me to launch in July, you’re gonna have to do it for me, because I give up.”
And God said, “Finally.”
Wednesday morning I woke up and before I even ate breakfast(which is a big deal if something is more important to me than food in the morning), I ran to my computer to check my account.
I expected nothing, because every other frantic Facebook campaign I’ve done in the past has gotten me little or nothing.
But let’s not forget that God loves to surprise me.
In the 48 hours since I’d made my desperate pleas for help, I’d gotten
$1,000 from someone I’ve never met,
$340 from two anonymous donors,
$50 from an old friend who I haven’t talked to in over a year,
and another $50 from my squadmate’s mom.
God gave me $1440 in two days.
All total in four days, I’ve gotten about $2000.
Yesterday my teammate Dillon pointed out, “If God can do that with two days, imagine what he can do with eight.”
I can’t wait to find out.
Seven days left…do you want to be part of this crazy miracle God is working on? Click the “Support Me” link on the left side of this page!
And if you can’t give right now, you still have six months til my final deadline, and I’m still plenty short on that. Prayer is more important than money anyways(do you think any of the above would have happened if no one had asked God for it?), so send lots of that my way and I’ll be just as happy!
