Happy Thanksgiving! It’s that time of year to share moments with friends. The time to tell your sister all the reasons you don’t like her boyfriend. Sit and talk football with your brothers. Make time to listen to your uncle’s bad jokes. Try not to roll your eyes when grandma asks when you’ll settle down and find a good girl/boy. Most importantly, keep your cool when mom brings up all your mistakes during grace. The season of giving thanks…. What does that mean? Is this the time to give MORE thanks than any other? Or is it more meaningful because it is the end of a year that brought up and downs, waves of emotions and new friends made?
As you might know, 6 months ago I applied to go minister to 11 countries in 11 months. Since then, when I talked about support raising and talking to people about this journey, a repeating theme kept coming up. I had to admit that people do care about me. I had to accept that my friends want to pour into me.
I’d like to officially announce that I have reached my next goal of $10,000 and will be launching in January to start the 11 months in 11 countries as planned.
During the first few donations, I started to feel like this journey was more than just about me. I’m used to going on adventures on my own and knew this would be different. Part of me felt like the donations were sympathy. I was grateful for them, but I guess I refused to believe the donations were for me. It wasn’t until after training camp that a friend made a donation, the biggest I had received. My heart broke open with gratitude that had been building up. I then realized that everyone who had donated, donated with love and support for God through me. And I also realized that all of the prayers and money were from people believing in me, supporting me, and joining me. Through all of the support, I know I am not alone, and for that I THANK YOU!
Thank you for investing in me to do good works. Thank you for allowing me to represent you to all the lives I’ll meet around the world. Thank you for being a physical form of God’s love on me. Thank you for finding me acceptable and worthy. I truly hope and pray that you subscribe and come along side everything God will be doing with your help and blessing. I can’t wait to share what is to come.
