Fundraising hasn’t been easy. It is awkward, long, and time consuming. It is hard to ask people for money when they don’t know exactly what we are doing with our year, it is even harder when we don’t exactly know what we are doing with our year. I would be lying if I said I’ve actually enjoyed fundraising, but even though I don’t enjoy it it doesn’t matter: it isn’t my money it’s God’s and I’ve learned he is going to provide it however he wants to.
This past week I made a post that I needed 60 people to give $40 dollars this month in order for me to be fully funded by the end of the month. At this point I had felt like I had asked everyone that I thought would ever give and received as much funding as I could possibly get, I was really thinking nothing would happen and there would be no change. It was vulnerable, and honestly just took a leap of faith. I prayed over the post and put it out there on social media.
The next morning I woke up to $1,100 of donations in one night.
As i sat there looking at the amount and seeing the names of those of you who gave I couldn’t believe it. Some people I hadn’t talked to in a long time, some I didn’t know, and some were giving for a second or third time. I couldn’t figure out why some of you would ever donate, and then I thought, “These people aren’t giving to me they are giving to what the Lord is doing through me.” You each gave because you saw the potential in what the Lord was doing through me. You had faith.
Saying thank you isn’t nearly enough. You guys believe in the calling the Lord has asked me to do and I would never want to disappoint him, or any of you. I know it can be hard not seeing what we are doing often because wifi is limited, and it is hard to put into words or pictures what the Lord is doing here, but because of each of you I have been able to go alongside the Father and see lives changed, hearts given to the Lord, people healed, and people encouraged. I have been pushed further then I could have ever expected. Because of each of you the Lord is taking me on the biggest adventure of my life.
Each of you that has donated will receive a personal email when I am fully funded so that we are able to celebrate together what the Lord has done, and what many thought was never possible, but until that day I am still in need of $1,500 to make it to that goal by January 31st. So here is the new goal:
I am looking for 30 people to give $50 or 15 people to give $100.
Please prayerfully consider donating, or sharing this with someone who you feel would be led to give.
You have been the best supporters and sent me so many words of encouragement the past 3 months, I honestly don’t know how to thank each of you enough for being the best team I could ever ask for! Here’s to starting month 4 in Zimbabwe and waiting to see what the Lord does for the next 7 months to follow!
