So much has been going on in the last few months! First off- I graduated high school! Now that I’ve passed that milestone, I am so ready for this new journey & it is coming up quick.
As far as funding, my current financial status is $7,376 (46% funded) !! I’ve been very blessed with support but fundraising hasn’t been easy, as I expected. People I thought would be very supportive have shown very little, and people I never expected/ don’t even know have shown an abundance!
I’m a little over a week from meeting all my teammates at training camp. It is all too real.
I AM SO PUMPED (Green for S-SQUAD)!
Here’s what God has been teaching me—
One morning, I was doing a devotional and came across this passage: ” If you trust that My plans are to prosper you and not harm you, you can relax and enjoy the present moment.” Recently, my thoughts have been so consumed with fear of the unknown; more specifically all the dangerous conditions of the locations I will soon be living in. Rather than focusing on trusting the Lord, I’ve been picking apart His plan and questioning if it’s safe/something I should be doing. As I opened up my journal to write about all my fears & doubts, this verse was at the top of the page:
Proverbs 3:5-6 ~ ” Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
Wow God. His timing is too perfect for these simple reminders when we need them. All I can do is trust Him. He doesn’t create plans for me to be scared and in danger; rather to stand firm in the trust of my Savior. It may be a challenge, but He wants us to prosper through trusting in Him.
My devotional that night went something like this: ” Stop gazing into the future and making predictions. It is just your imagination. Only God has access to what is to come.” I’ve been so focused on the fears of the future, that it has distracted me from remaining in God’s presence; my mind wondering~ instead of being still in this present moment.
This verse stuck out to me the other day as I read Jeremiah—1:7-8 “Do not say ” I am only a youth” for you will go to everyone I send you to and speak whatever I tell you. Do not be AFRAIDof anything for I will be with you to rescue you.” Isn’t that the most fitting verse for this journey? I think we could replace the phrase of being only a youth with any doubt, and God would still give us the same response. He doesn’t need us to question His plan. It was created to allow us to prosper in Him. Just Trust.
Pray for these fears and doubts that have been weighing me down late at night. Pray that God will show up BIG time at training camp and that lives will be WRECKED. Pray for the formations of relationships at training camp that will continue across the globe and back. Pray for financial support as my deadline of $10,000 quickly approaches. And if you’d like to give~ Do not hesitate. You are helping the Kingdom expand, and lives being transformed in the name of Jesus Christ. Even $5 goes a long way! Message me if you’d like! Leave some comments below if you’d like! Thank you &&&& God Bless!
