“God answers prayers in the best way, not just sometimes, but every time. However, the evidence of the answer in the area we want it may not always immediately follow. Do we expect God to answer prayer?” – Oswald chambers
I was reminded at the beginning of month 5 hear in Nepal that I had 3 weeks (June 6th) to raise $3,500 or else I might have to go home. Many of us racers struggle with fund raising. For someone who has never done a mission trip before, and specially the world race, where $18,100 had to be raised, prayer was definitely needed. today, I was reminded that our prayers are always heard by our father.
For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been covering June 6th with prayer, trusting that the Lord will provide (though I had no idea how). Not gonna lie, I was slightly panicking.
But this morning I got a message from our alumni team leader Alisha who was with us for the first two months of the race. Here’s how the conversation went.
Alisha: How much do you have left to fundraise again? And when do you need it by?
Me: Hey Dude!! Well I have a total of $5,500 to raise but they gave me a deadline of raising $2,400 more by jun6th to stay. I’m at at $12,600 right now
(I had to raise $15,000 by jun 6th to be able to stay)
Alisha: Ok. So. I was praying about Nepal today and idk why but I didn’t feel right about it and I didn’t understand because I so badly want to see you all and still do. So my mentor and I talked on the phone about it and she was like I don’t think you’re supposed to go. They were the ones who were buying my ticket to Nepal so then they asked me what I wanted to do with that money instead. So on June 1st they’re going to give you the money they were going to use for the flight. It’ll pop up as Stephanie Smith! So although I would LOVE to come see you guys because you have such a large part of my heart I truly have peace about giving you the money instead. God is funny huh?
Obviously I was speechless, and I just got to a coffee shop to do my quiet time so I had to stop myself from crying in public lol.
Needless to stay I love my team leader and her amazing heart! But isn’t it crazy how God shows up in the best way possible? Never would I think of a scenario like this, but God, in His faithfulness and His goodness, continues to provide for us, in ways we can’t even comprehend.
“Pray without ceasing” – 1 Thessalonians 5:17
