ANNOUNCEMENT!!
I AM FULLY FUNDED!!! Praise the Lord for full provision in the amount of $16,254.
Praise the Lord! Thanks to your generous hearts through His faithful provision, I am sooooo blessed to announce that I AM FULLY FUNDED. Words cannot express my gratitude to all who have and continue to support me on this spiritual journey. My first six months of this race have been full of the work of the Holy Spirit, and I am so blessed to continue living a life for God around the world for the next five months – enjoying each and every day as the gift that it is. I can hardly fathom that I have come this far along already in this amazing journey…I expected to grow closer to God, learn many life long lessons, and have an awesome adventure around the world but I didn’t realize just how much I would learn, how much I would be stretched spiritually, emotionally/mentally, & physically, and how many doors God would open along the way. It’s a whole new world for me; the eyes of my heart and mind have been opened and I have been transformed. When I return home in December I will be coming back a changed person, for the better. THANK YOU for sharing this experience with me and for every last bit of your encouragement and support. I wouldn’t be where I am today without each of you. THANK YOU for sending me around the world as a representative for Christ to further the Kingdom. I am so blessed and honored to have this opportunity.
My teammate Jan Carlo is striving to meet this last deadline (July 1, 2014), in need of $4,000 more to meet the deadline and finish the race. He has been my teammate since month one and I am so blessed to have him walk by my side as a brother. He loves each person uniquely and makes everyone feel special; he has a true heart of encouragement and servanthood. This man has a desire to continue to grow in His relationship with the Lord and to love and serve others. Please keep his fundraising process in you’re prayers and consider supporting another family member of the fellowship of believers. You can learn more about him, read his blogs, and donate to his account by visiting: www.jancarlodelvalle.theworldrace.org . My other five teammates are already fully funded, praise the Lord! Please pray that our entire squad of 45 people will be fully funded by July 1st and that no one will have to leave this journey due to finances.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?!? ….POST WR FUNDRAISING:
Even after I have become fully funded for the 11 months of the race, I will be making a transition when I return home. I am enrolled in the WR+ Program which will enable me to further my training as a Christian disciple and narrow down my dreams and desires while exploring callings that God has placed in my life.
The WR Plus Program helps World Racers make transitions post-race through a number of important steps, including:
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Developing a life plan
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Learning to network and develop a career
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An apprenticeship
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Other aspects of discipleship
Any of these might be accomplished with Adventures In Missions through:
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The Center for Global Action (4-12 month internship track – leadership, storytelling, photography, worship)
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Squad Leading for the World Race
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Leading another Adventures trip (Passport, Ambassador, Encounter, etc.)
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Adventures Staff Support Account
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Long Term Missions Assignment
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Other yet to be mutually determined activities, or a combination of the above
All of these options require additional fund-raising, up to $6,500. If you’d like to continue supporting me financially in my transition back home as I continue to seek out God’s guidance and various endeavors, please let me know. You can continue to donate into my support account and that support will help me continue to cultivate my dreams and grow as a believer, learning how to better love and serve others and in what capacity inside of the skills and talents God has stewarded me with. Thank you.
To donate, please visit my blog at: alexisstaeb.theworldrace.org and click the ‘please support me!’ link at the top of the page.
Thanksgiving and Prayer – Philippians 1:3-11
“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”
