THE BLOG WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. A SISTER IS FULLY FUNDED.
This blog goes out to everyone who prayed for this or gave financially. YOU helped this happen.
In the spirit of this momentous occasion I want to share some BOMB God stories through this process of fundraising!!! LETS GET STARTED.
At the start of fundraising things were ROUGH y’all. I reached this point where I realized I was going to have to raise a little over $2,000 a month in order to be fully funded before I left. I can vividly remember having that tough realization and then crying in my room because I thought I would never be able to do that. Spoiler alert! I did not! God did. I will say though I did not just sit around and pray for this to happen. I got uncomfortable. I asked for help- which I do not like to do. I had awkward conversations. God and I held hands through this whole thing.
After that hard night, I texted one of my friends, Mary Lauren (shoutout to you ML I LOVE YOU SO MUCH) because she had mentioned that her mom used to work with the newspaper. I was really hoping to get in the paper and raise awareness for the race, but also understood that was a bit of a long shot. But shortly after that, she told me her mom did in fact get me an interview. THANKS MS. NIKKI!!! So yeah, I was contacted and got an interview and got in my local paper!!!! Talk about my 15 minutes of fame. But YOU GUYS that isn’t even the coolest part. Right after that was published, I got an anonymous donation for $2,500. DID YOUR JAW DROP OR?? BECAUSE I CRIED. AND IT GETS EVEN BETTER!!!!! I was behind on fundraising for the month, like raised almost nothing, and I was pushed over my goal of $2,000 a month. Only God!!
I spent a loootttt of time trying to come up with a design for my t-shirts- like more than I care to admit. BUT GOD HONORED THAT. I was blessed by selling more t-shirts than I could have ever imagined, even to people I don’t even know! This one particular instance just showed me how far God went to get me on this trip. I was standing in line with two of my best friends Ally and Michelle (MY GIRLS LOVE YOU TWO!!!) to grab ice cream, and then this sweeeeetttiiieee girl approached me! She said something like “Hey I know you don’t know me but I wanted to tell you I bought one of your shirts and I am praying for your trip.” MY JAW DROPPED. I literally could have cried right then and there. First of all- can we talk about her boldness and intentionality? She sought me out of a crowd to encourage me and let me know I am being covered in prayer. THAT is a woman of God! But anyways can we also just talk about the fact that God blessed me with a community that cares about His name being known? It was like every single hour I worked on my shirt was being HONORED just in those few words. I was recognized, I was cherished, and I felt loved. These are all things that God desires for me. HE sees me. HE cherishes me. HE loves me. Yeah, sometimes it takes a girl in an ice cream shop to make me see God’s hand- but I saw it.
These are shorter stories but just had to give some cool examples of people that gave/prayed!!! None of these people were expecting anything in return, some of them don’t even know who I was. But they all helped immensely and that deserves some recognition! Also disclaimer if you don’t get mentioned DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NOT VALUED HAHA YOU ARE ALL SO LOVED AND GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL. I wish I could shoutout everyone but……$16,600 worth of shoutouts would just be about the longest wildest blog I ever did see. But anyways- to these people and moreeeeee::
My girl Kylee, who gives her tithing to me every month. How faithful and admirable.
My uncle Kevin, who gives and offers anything I need- encouragement and donations. Thank you for your generosity and kindness.
My mom and dad’s customers, if any of you are reading thank you from the bottom of my heart. I know you don’t know me, and I know this whole thing can sound a little crazy. But seriously, thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you to the Carson family, who helped me network. You guys helped me to reach and talk to so many people. Thank you for always sharing my story and for praying and donating! And thank you specifically to Jake, my boyfriend, who donated $100 of his own money! Much appreciated and admired.
To Jordan, who donated so many times even though we have never even met! Your passion for missions fuels my own. I appreciate you and am sending a BIG virtual hug.
To my anonymous donor, I love you. I tell everyone about you. I value your donation more than you know.
MY PARENTS, Thank you mom and dad for helping me even though you did not choose to do this thang! You guys they have bought gear GALORE, helped me with fundraisers, and they are paying for me to get anything overseas I need next year. How cool are they. If you want to help them out in getting some of the extra little things I need, pleaaassseee consider doing so!!! I have an amazon wishlist right here if you want to get anything. Would mean a lot to them and to me!!! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1HZ0QOWAOXHFW?ref_=wl_share
This is for all the ones that really couldn’t afford to but donated.
This is for the ones that uttered my name to Jesus.
This is for the ones who bought a tshirt,
for the ones that bought something from my yard sale,
ate at my spirit night,
gave and waited patiently for a thank you,
told my story/shared about me on social media,
for the ones who cannot serve but enable others to,
for the ones who love me.
THANK YOU. I AM FULLY FUNNNNDDDEEDDDD!!!!!!!!!
