April 16 will determine if I come home early or if i finish the last 3 months of the race.
AIM has been gracious in extending the deadlines for us on the field, but come that date, there will be no more grace. The deadline is officially at hand.
I've posted many blogs about this fundraising business. and the truth is, i hate it. i hate having to ask for money, to beg and plead my case, knowing that you have helped me so much. I hate having to post and post about how I still need money, and I how I can't do it alone and need your help.
I know that for most of you, you're tapped for cash. And that's okay.
I still need about $1400, but I'm trusting God to provide. It might not be through you, but it will come.
I'm reminded of Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams :: "If you build it, they will come." God has built this dream in me, and has allowed people to help me get here. I know that He's going to come through yet again, as he has done throughout the entirety of this race and my life.
For those who currently support me, more than your finances, I want to ask you to pray with me, that God will use people to bring in the rest of this support. Pray that he would be glorified through this process, that he would take all the credit and receive all of the glory, because all of this money that has been and will be raised has come from him, since everything is his. Pray that he would open the floodgates and allow for more than the $1500 to come in, so that I could get reimbursed for plane tickets as well as for health insurance. I'm trusting in his abundance to come this time around. I know that he can do whatever he wants, I know that regardless of what happens he is and always has been in control, that has always been apparent to me.
I don't want to put God in a box and limit what he can do, I want him to go above and beyond anything i could imagine. He's already started, with more than just my AIM support account.
The other day I sent an email to my mom, asking her to put some money into my checking account so that i could have some spending money. She responded that "God has smiled down on me" because either that day or the day prior, I received a check in the mail, from a bank I used in college, refunding me some overdraft fees. I thought, "sweet! I wonder how much it's for, maybe $25 or something like that." But, I checked my account tonight and the check was for $114. WHOA! And then i thought that this is one of those times that something bad that happened (overdrawing my account a few different times) was actually a blessing in disguise, now that I've received this check.
AMAZING!
So, thank you, all of you, for coming along side me in this journey, for propping me up with prayers, financial support, and for loving me and watching me as I grow. It's been an honor, and I'm praying and trusting that this will not be the end as I know it.
$1400 to go! Can't wait to see how God works this out! 🙂
For his glory,
Amanda
