As I sit here, in my tent, in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, I am in need of $4000 in the next 4 days to continue on the World Race. In other words, I need somewhat of a slightly after Christmas miracle to happen between now and January 1st in order to continue on to Mozambique with my team.
Do I know where this money will come from? Not a clue. But do I think it can happen somehow? Absolutely, and here’s why.
Example A: Just two days before I was scheduled to leave for training camp in May, I was still $2105 short of meeting my $3500 deadline. That’s when I recieved a call from one of my squadmates, someone I had yet to meet in person, and was told that he was coming to training camp with a check to pay for the balance of what I needed. I could have never anticipated that, but God made it happen.
Example B: As I neared my second deadline of $7500, I again was short by nearly $3000 just days before I needed it. If I did not reach that goal, I wouldn’t have been able to launch for the World Race on June 30th. But somehow, someway, that funds came in. Most of that money came from people I barely knew, people I just met, people I didn’t know at all, and anonymous donors I will never be able to thank.
Example C: Deadline #3. $11,500 by October 1st. One week before that fundraising deadline I got an anonymous donation of $1,545 to push me past my goal, allowing me to continue the race with my team, and giving me the continued privilege of serving God in this way, while being changed and made new every single day.
Each of these I consider to be a miracle. I know I sound as if I’m using the term loosely, but I cannot put into words how different I am as a result of these events taking place, and how thankful I am for this transformation. I came on the race to make an impact on others in the world. What I have come to find is that as the Lord has used me as a vessel to do this, I have been far more impacted myself than I could have ever hoped for. I am a different person than I was 6 months ago, and I know that as a fact. My proof can be found by reading about this change in my blogging, speaking to anyone on my squad, or waiting until I come home to see the proof in person, but I need you to wait until June, not January. I know God called me to do the World Race, and is not finished with me here yet.
God can bring in the funding I need. The way he has done that through the first three deadlines has been through people who have humbled themselves and given up something financially so that I could be here, writing this blog in my tent (which conveniently protects me from the mosquitos while I write). So here it is: Please help. I am taking a risk by saying this, but I know I am supposed to finish the World Race. The only think standing in the way of this is $4000 U.S. Dollars.
Do I deserve this money? No. I dont deserve to be blessed nearly as much as I have on the World Race, or in life, for that matter. In fact, I dont deserve the heart beating in my chest, or the air filling my lungs. None of us do. But what is so awesome is that God gives us all these essential things and so much more. He performs miracles. He gave me the miracle of modern western medicine and the surgeons qualified to use it in order to physically save my life… multiple times. He gave me the grace and love of Jesus on the cross to save my soul. I deserve nothing, but have been given everything, because that is who God is: the ultimate provider.
I will never be the same because God saw fit to making me a World Racer for 11 months. 6 down. 5 to go. Please help me finish this race. $4,000 is just a drop in the bucket to the God of the universe, but he needs people to listen and humble themselves to give up a little of what they have to help poor missionaries like me and my squadmates be transformed, and be used to transform lives of real people in this world.
Thank you for reading this. God bless you. I will see you in June.
