Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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“The fundraising process is hard, but so rewarding. It will truly grow your faith so much.” -Every World Race participant ever.

I thought that was cute and all, but honestly, I couldn’t buy that. When I went into the process of fundraising $16,000, it stressed me out so much that I literally lost sleep over it. I’ve always held the American mentality that money is a sacred thing; you can’t just openly talk about it, let alone ask people to give you some. And I struggled to muster up $1,250 for a previous mission trip, so how am I supposed to do that like 14 times?

Oh me of little faith.

I am one month into the fundraising ~journey~ and I am over half-way funded. (That doesn’t show up on my blog because about $3,000 of it is my own money that I have yet to transfer. But do a little simple math and I have almost $9,000 total. Do a little more math and I am 55.82278481% funded. Roughly.)

 
And ya know what? I don’t know why something so small frightened me so much. Now I’m one of those cheesy people that talks about how “God’s provision is so amazing!!!”. No, because really, it is. Those numbers are the proof y’all. You can’t fight me on this. 
 
It’s amazing to me that we, as a body, can support each other this way. It’s amazing that people, who earn their money with hard work, believe in the power of the Spirit within me enough to entrust their money to my cause. It’s amazing that it isn’t a burden to them, but a delight!
 
Every person or family that has donated has done it out of pure Spiritual motivation and Love, never begrudging or hesitant. 
 
That, in itself, has taught me about how money can be used as a gift. It’s not just a stress-inducing life-sucker. Like everything ever, it is a gift from the Father, meant to be stewarded and tamed. It is not our master.
 
That sounds familiar. I think Jesus said that once, idk.
 
Anyway, the moral of the story is that the word “fundraising” doesn’t give me spasms anymore, and of course, Jesus is teaching me a lot about His faithfulness. 
 
Soooooo, I’ve got about $7,000 left to raise which means there is plenty more learning to go! (Wink.)
 
Pray for ya gurl. 
 
And if you’re interested in being a part of this ~journey~ with me, the big orange tab on my blog that says “Donate!” would be a good place to start.
     *Side note: do not be discouraged from giving just because you don’t think you have enough to give. Madi donated $5 online the other day. That stuff adds up!
 
I am grateful! God is so good!
 
Till next time!