!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I get to go to camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I am so amazingly blessed to have so many great people in my life…This journey would not be possible with out your support!! Your love, prayers, and donations blow my mind and it means so much to me!
I have officially reached & passed the 1st deadline of $3,500. This means that I will be traveling to North Georgia in July to spend a week with an amazing squad to help prepare for what might be encountered during the World Race.
All of this excitement though started of with worry. I have recently been dealing with some major trust issues with God. Just 2 weeks ago I was truly worried that continuing this journey was not going to be possible. Guess what $16,000 is a lot of money and I was only up to $1,780. And that $16,000 doesn’t even include the gear I need. The shots I have to get. A new passport because mine expires while on the race. Travel to training camp, to launch and back home once we return to the states. That number seems to keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Have I gotten over whelmed? Absolutely! Have I doubted my capability? More than anything! Have I taken a step back and asked myself what the heck I’m getting myself into? Everyday!
I decided at that point not to check my account for the next 2 weeks, because most times I got more stressed when I would check it. I also decided to pull from my savings the remaining amount I needed to meet the 1st deadline. This was very hard for me to do because it was the majority of my savings/funds for when I am gone, but I trusted in the Lord and truly believed that everything would work out. I had to Let Go and Let God. So I wrote a check for $1,680 and put it in my purse to mail out the following day.
So here is the thing though…I never mailed that check.
With in an hour of writing the check I received a message from a friend; stating that her and her husband wanted to sponsor me with a donation of $1,500. As I read this message I began to cry, I can not put into words the emotions that I felt at that moment. They had no idea of the personal struggles I was going through or the leap of faith that I had just taken. The timing of this exchange could not have been any better.
I put my faith fully in the Lord believing and trusting that I would be alright and he would provide and just like always he DID.
I still have a long way to go to reach $16,000, but for now I am at peace that I am on this journey for a reason and God will provide.
If interested in showing your support, would you please prayerfully consider joining me on this journey by donating $100 or another amount? All donations made to AIM are tax deductible. You can make a donation by choosing the Support Me button at the top of the page.
Most importantly, I ask you for prayers! Prayers for myself, for my teammates, and the nations that we will be visiting. There is no possible way for me to go out into the world to share Jesus’s love with the nations if I do not have an army behind me praying.
You can keep up with my worldwide adventure through my blog at adakessler.theworldrace.org. I encourage you to subscribe to my blog and share it with others. I would love to share more with you and answer any questions you may have; please contact me at [email protected].
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog as well as your continued support and prayers; it truly means a lot to me.
With Love,
Ada
