Happy Palm Sunday everyone! I have so very much to be thankful for today and I felt it necessary to blog about some of them!
I found out on Thursday that I passed the biggest and most difficult project of my entire life! EdTPA was a time consuming, stress filled, cry fit mess in the middle of my senior year and I am beyond thankful that it is over and I can move on into my career. I had my very last observation on Friday and I took my senior pictures on Friday afternoon. Everything is happening so quickly now and I feel like my last month of college is blowing away in the breeze. My senior year is coming to an end and I will be graduating in 27 days. HOW CRAZY IS THAT!? I am honestly on cloud nine and so very grateful for this season of my life where all I am doing now is loving on my babies at school, packing up my apartment to go home, and preparing for the World Race. I feel like I need to cherish this time and spend it with my college friends and love on them until I leave to go home.
With all of this happy stuff in mind…I need to be honest. I honestly feel powerless. We read and talked about Hannah today in my life group at church. We discussed how she felt powerless in her life because she could not conceive a child. In biblical time, this was pretty much the worst thing that could happen to a woman because that was their whole job. They were supposed to have babies to help take care of them when they got older and to carry on the family name.
Can you imagine not being able to do the only thing the world thinks you are supposed to do?
She had no power over her body so she turned to the Lord. She prayed…she prayed hard!
I feel like I can relate to Hannah in a way. No, I am not trying conceive a child… but I am trying to raise over $17,600 and I feel so very powerless when it comes to fundraising. I can share my story with every single person I meet and I can share fun fundraisers on Facebook and I can get down on my hands and knees and beg people for money, but I am not the reason people will donate. God is the reason people donate. He pushes people to give. He controls their hearts and their desire to give. I have absolutely no power over the money that comes to me. PRAISE GOD FOR THAT!! If I was the one doing this…on my own…I would have a total of zero dollars and zero cents because no one wants to give Niki money. They want to be obedient to the Father and I wouldn’t want it any other way! That is why I have almost $7,000! I have a constant smile on my face because of all the obedient donors who have given to me. People are taking time out of their days to pray for ME! People are giving me more than they really have because they are listening to the Savior who is whispering to them, “Give.” I am constantly shocked and brought to tears because of what He is doing in my life and heart and what He is doing in all of my supporters lives and hearts. I say it every day and you are probably getting tired of reading it but I cannot do it without you!
Thank you times a million for your obedience, thank you for reading this blog, and thank you for your support!
Just call me Hannah! I will be over here on my hands and knees praying that if this is His will then the money will come!
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God bless you lovely,
Niki
