Hey guys.
I really don't like asking for help. I usually just try my best to get everything done on my own. Asking for help makes me feel weak. The control is taken from me and given to others when I ask for help.
But sometimes, you just have to toughen up and let some other people help you.
It is something I have been learning a lot recently, what with so many commitments to so many different things and people. I have been getting extremely busy. Between Alive By Sunrise, my church youth, my school, the race, my internship at this summer's camp, etc (I am sure the list could continue, but I am starting to sound whiny) I have recently been feeling overwhelmed. Through that I have been trying to learn how to ask for help, and how to actually allow myself to be helped.
All that to say: I need your help.
Fundraising is a huge task. To go on this race, I will need about 15,500 just for the year long trip. I will also need money in a personal account for myself to spend while we are over there in the field on medications, occasional meals, replacement supplies, and for leisure time on my days off.
So far I have about $400 dollars to put towards my $15,500.
All of that has come from my parents (shout out to you guys…love yall)
I have about $200 dollars that I am putting in my personal account for the race. It came from my band (Shout out to you guys. You are my amazing brothers)
So here is the deal friends and family:
I really need your help fundraisig. I need you. I need your prayers asking the Lord to provide like only he can, and asking him to send his spirit to convict people to join me on this adventure my financially getting involved.
I need you to understand and help others understand that financially supporting missions is in fact participating. Without the financial support, the missionaries could not do what they do. The financial supporters are the blood of the missional body. Without them nothing could get done. Also, everyone who financially supports missionaries is directly responsible for making the miracles of mission work a possibility, because, like I have already said, we could not do it without that support.
I need your ideas for fundraisers. Because I am fighting to stay on top of all my previously mentioned commitments, I have had very little time to orchastrate some fundraisers. I do not even know where to begin.
I need your help speaking at churches. I am a devoted member of my own church, and I am still very good friends with the people at the church where I grew up, but outside of those two places, I don't have many connections. I would like for you to consider inviting me to your church or sunday school class to speak to the people there about my calling and this opportunity.
This is going to be a long journey. Throughout its entirety, I know I will need you. Thank you to all of you who read this and consistently pray. You are laying the groundwork for everything the Lord will do on this amazing journey. Thank you to those of you who have and will support me. You are giving this adventure life. I could not do this thing without any of you.
