How’s everybody doing? I would like to share something that still leaves me in awe as I’m writing this.
Yesterday via my Instagram story, I talked a little bit about how fundraising has been an area where I’ve wanted to give up, especially when I have no idea where the money will come from, to throw my towel in and say, “forget it,” but the Lord has graced favor upon me. The Holy Spirit convicted this of me at service Saturday evening. I remember breaking down and falling on my knees giving up control of wanting to know when and where the money would come from, and everything that ran through my head about this whole trip.
My posture was something I definitely noticed because I have never experienced Him like this before. My hands were cupped together as many tears fell into them. It was as if my cup was being poured into. My head was just hanging over my hands as I was kneeling to bow down. Experiencing that was one of the most powerful things I’ve felt in quite awhile.
Today, super early in the morning, I received the biggest donation I’ve ever received in ALL my experiences of fundraising for mission trips. Like, WHAT?!
I was on the phone with my admissions advisor earlier today when I felt the Lord telling me to look at my email, so I did. Our first goal is to have 25% raised by October 25th, exactly a month from now. I then asked him how much 25% of what I needed to raise would be and his response was $1600. I asked because I received a very generous gift of $1250, which brought me to $1450/$6400. That is 23%. In that moment, I became so in shock, I started to cry. He was celebrating and thanking Jesus with me over the phone.
Just before this, and pretty much all month, I’ve been freaking out. I seriously didn’t know how I was going to get the money by the deadline, but then Jesus not only didi this, but also provided some ideas for me to fundraise, which I will share when it comes out.
Friends, be encouraged with this: where God guides, He provides. Hallelujah. Amen. He works in various ways, but in my case, it was when I simply asked for His help, when I invited Him into what I’ll be doing and where I’m going, when I told Him of all the doubts and uncertainties I had, and when I was just being still in His presence, being still at His feet.
Wow. I STILL can’t wrap this around my brain. This person was just so generous towards me. I was in awe. I was confused. I was shocked. I was so so so grateful.
Thank you so very much for supporting me in furthering the Kingdom of Christ. I appreciate you. May God bless you and you family abundantly in the physical world and in your spiritual life. You know who you are.
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Ephesians 3:20, “now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
