The past couple months have been CRAZY busy, fun, exciting, and slightly stressful, so I apologize for such a long gap between my last blog post and now. I’m very excited about this post specifically because I am giving you all a quick life/fundraising update, sharing a journal entry from last weekend at Shasta, and sharing a guest blog post written by my biggest supporter and prayer warrior, my very own mother! Side note: We wrote these separately but it is amazing how similar they are.
It is currently week 8 of my final term of college, and I’m getting antsy to say the least. I’m very much ready for school to be over (homework, studying, tests, quizzes…) But, I’m also sad to think about leaving Corvallis, and leaving the beautiful community I have been apart of for 5 wonderful years.
To my supporters, I want you to know how deeply I appreciate the financial, and prayer support. I couldn’t do this without you! It amazes me how generous everyone is! Thanks to your generosity I am already 60% toward my final goal and have raised $10,943! This isn’t even including my T-Shirt fundraiser or my photography fundraiser! This already passes my second check point which isn’t until September! God is so good, and I pray that He blesses you abundantly!
Last weekend at Shasta I wrote this journal entry as I was asking God to speak to me:
5/13/17
“You must have faith, abide in me, and make the Kingdom of Heaven your primary concern. Delight in me and I will give you your hearts desires. Knock and the door will be opened. I will take care of your basic needs, and if you stay close by my side you will never need anything you won’t already have. I WILL keep you safe. Walk in faith, do not be afraid of sinking when you step out on the water. I will provide the solid ground that will catch you under your feet. But, if you don’t walk out on the water, if you stay in the boat, you will miss out on the opportunity to walk with Me. Walk on the water! You may sink a little, but trust me, you will not drown.”
God calls all of us to Walk On Water, or in other words, step out in faith in what He’s asking us to do. It takes courage and faith to say yes and be obedient. But, when you are obedient to God, only good things can come from it!
Here is the guest blog post that my mom (Margot Wing) wrote:
I read at least 30 blogs from world racers yesterday. Most of them made me cry or at least tear up!
Reading about the experiences they had in some countries, made me realize that my whole adult life has been pretty safe and low risk. I follow rules, obey the laws, wash my hands, and I don’t do unsafe things ever (unless cartwheeling on a beam or log counts as risky behavior).
I want to know all the remedies and natural cures for every possible sickness. I want to be prepared for anything at any time in my sheltered little life. And I wonder if I cling to a measure of control, barely dipping my toes into deeper waters of obedience, because I’m afraid of what God might ask of me if I just jump in. Or maybe I’ve convinced myself that full surrender is for someone else. How ironic that this “someone else” would be my own child! This makes it strange and uncomfortable for me when I imagine you in places where cleanliness, safety, and shelter are unknown. Yet this is your race, your gift, your surrender, and you are not afraid to jump.
Even though you will be on the race depending on God for everything, I realized that I will also have to rely on Him to get me through the 11 months of not knowing anything about what you are experiencing. It’s different than knowing you are an hour or a phone call away as it has been for the past 5 years. I will be putting my full trust in the Lord that He’s leading you where He wants you to be, and that in the midst of it all that He’ll take care of you completely. Your reliance on God will cause a ripple effect, touching all those who love you and will be praying for you.
Be assured that I will be praying protection from disease and sickness, asking for you to be surrounded by an army of angels at all times, and praying for your teammates, for amazing breakthroughs, and unity as you experience and minister to the world out there in all it’s beauty and pain.
I have always been one to stay on the shore of my faith, too tentative to venture out into deep and unknown water. You are stepping out into water so deep that your feet won’t touch the bottom, allowing you the opportunity to stand firmly on God’s promises alone.
It has been said that He can do much more with a surrendered existence than a sheltered one, and so with that in mind, as you surrender your year, your comfort, your control, I too will surrender my desire to be protected from all of the unknowns, and I too will stand on His faithfulness as you go.
Psalm 100:5 “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever: his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
Don’t be afraid to Walk On Water!
“He will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern” Matthew 6:33
