This is a post I can honestly say I did not expect to be writing this soon! I will be leaving the United States on August 5th and will be leaving FULLY FUNDED! That’s right! $19,800 and God provided it all!
When I first saw how much money needed to be raised I thought, “there is no way I will be able to do that and get all that money”. I have expressed this feeling so I am sure you might have heard me say this. But I always had to add that right when I said this to myself I could tell that God was telling me, “Good, you recognize that you can’t raise this money so trust me to do what I can do”. And sure enough trusting God always works out. Little did I know that this was something that He had started doing way before I even knew I would need to fundraise. How did he do this?
He started by putting people in my life before I was born, while I was growing up, and even now. He started to place people in my life that have shown me love and support my whole life and shown me what it looks like to trust God.
It is easy for me to look at myself and wonder why I deserve this. I’m sure you can resonate with this. It is so easy for us to be our own worst critic and look at ourselves as so undeserving. But through this God has really shown me that this is not because of something I deserve. This is not for me. This is for God. This is about looking at missions and saying, “I trust you God, that you have chosen someone that will follow you with all their heart, this is not even my money that I am giving but yours God, because all blessings come from you and I am called to love you more than all of the worldly things”.
I just want to say thank you to all who have helped to support me and love me and pray for me. You have helped me to see more and more that this is what God has called me to so I can trust Him with all I have. I want to thank you for trusting that I will truly lean on God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. For trust that God has not chosen me because of what I have but because of who He is. He is the one who will give me the strength to go forward. He is the one who will speak through me.
I know it is easy to look at this and think, “wow, this is going to be so much fun”. And I am not going to deny that there will be amazing adventures and fun times. But I also want to assure those who are worried by that sentence, because me too. I have heard many people express how fun it is going to be, and I sure hope it is. But I also want you to know that I recognize that it is much more than that. That this is about going to the places where most people don’t, or won’t go. This is about going into the places where we in the United States have only heard the stories of persecution and spiritual warfare. This is not about me, it is about God and bringing the knowledge of Him to those who have never heard about Him and about showing love to people who have never seen Christ’s love. It is about learning. Learning about other cultures. Learning about how to love better. How to do missions better. How to minister better. Learning how to see the community of believer as so much more than any community we can understand but see it as truly living in solidarity under the united name of Christ. This is about more than what I can imagine but is something that will shape my ministry in the present and future and will go on to shape others ministry even if I never see it.
So, please understand that I recognize this and that this is what drives and motivates me. Not because it will be fun, while I do hope it is and know it will be at times, I do see the bigger picture and pray that you will help me to see it and that you would see it with me as well and allow what I say to shape your ministry also! Please pray for me in that aspect as well as pray for me for so many things: strength, wisdom, understanding, love, peace, patience, knowledge, boldness for God and so much more!
I could go on and on about prayer requests honestly, but just please keep my squad in your prayers and pray for my family and friends while I am gone.
If you still want to support me and my squad you still can! There are still squadmates of mine who could use your financial assistance! If you are interested please reach out to me! Also keep an eye out on my social media because I will be sharing their information!
Once again thank you so much for your continued prayers and support! I would not be where I am today if it was not for you! Be sure to stay up to date with what is going on by subscribing if you haven’t!
