Dear Family and Friends,
I am now approaching my half way point in the World Race and my last financial deadline is nearly here. On July 1st I need to be fully funded. Currently I have $11,860 in my account and I need to have $16,250. That’s nearly $4500 more to raise in the next couple of weeks!
Now, despite that scary number looming in the back of my head, I’m not panicking. I know God will provide. I’ve never been very good at trusting God with my money (I think a lot of people could claim the same), but on the race I’ve been learning to trust Him with everything, including my financial situation. There is so much I have learned about myself since being on the race and I would hate to cut my journey short. I have grown more than I could have ever expected and made memories with wonderful people that I wouldn’t trade for a life time.
I have learned that I am a beautiful, wise, peaceful, compassionate daughter of Christ. I’m becoming more confident in my identity every day because I know my identity is rooted in Him. Maybe I would have learned these things without coming on the race, but being on the race has awakened these realizations much sooner and I now walk with a confident purpose that I didn’t have 5 months ago.
In the past 5 months I have made friends with street kids, orphans, prostitutes, Bible college students, monks, Thai police officers, my teammates, my squadmates, and my ministry hosts. I’ll never forget little Daniella from the Philippines. Her mother abandoned her and she had no one but the wonderful women of Streetlight who took care of her. I’ll never forget Sinee from the Kitty Cat Bar or being chauffeured around by the Thai police-Pi Oie, Pi Lucky, and Pi Jimmy. I’ll never forget the students I met at ITCS in Cambodia or my awesome hosts in Vietnam who followed the Lord with a faithfulness and loyalty that was awe inspiring.
I want to continue on my race and meet even more wonderful people along the way. I want to continue sharing the gospel to those who desperately need it. I want to continue learning more about myself that I have yet to discover. I want to deepen my relationship with the Lord even further. Please prayerfully consider donating to my account so these things can happen and I can finish out my race strong. You can donate by clicking the Support Me button on my blog. There is no fee and every donation is tax deductible. You can also send in a check made out to Adventures in Missions to their headquarters in Gainesville, Georgia. Checks need to be mailed in by June 19th and online donations need to be submitted by June 27th.
Thank you to everyone who has made it possible for me to get this far into my race. Thank you to everyone who has continued to pray for me. Your support has meant the world to me. Thank you!
