To be honest one of the hardest things about my journey hasn’t been eating strange foods, sleeping on a sleeping pad for 7 months, taking cold bucket showers, using a squatty potty, no, it’s been having to ask people for money every month. Some of you know this already, but I’ve missed every single deadline! Thankfully Adventures in Missions has been gracious enough to extend my deadlines, but it hasn’t been easy.
Imagine everyday wondering if your journey will soon be cut short. Imagine not being able to get excited about your next country because you don’t even know if you will be going there. Imagine checking your fundraising page over and over again every day only to see no money coming in. Imagine having to ask people for money who you haven’t spoken to in years because you’ve already exhausted all your resources.
It may sound like I’m complaining, but I just want to be real with you all. I didn’t sign up for a 7 months trip, I signed up for an 11 months one.
I’ve thought multiple times about giving up. Giving up because fighting to be fully funded didn’t seem worth it to me. I thought fundraising at home was hard, but fundraising on the field has been even harder due to lack of internet and many other factors.
Guys, I don’t want to wonder what I missed out on in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. All the people I could have met, the kids I could have played with, the communities I could have served. I don’t want to go home and look social media only to see pictures of my squadmates serving in the countries I could have been in with them.
I’ve always been the type of person who has given up too easily or never finished what I started. I’m not that person anymore, neither do I want to be again, especially in the case where finishing is out of my control.
I don’t want to disregard all of you who have given! Honestly, I could have not raised over $14,000 on my own! You all have given so much of yourselves to help me and I’m so grateful! I’ve learned so much these past 7 months. I’ve grown in ways I could have never imagined, but I know that God isn’t finished with me yet. I still have lessons to learn, people to meet, and ministries to serve.
I just need $1,000 to get me to my next deadline in a few days and $2,000 to get to me be fully funded. If you feel it in your heart to give, please click “donate.” It would mean so so much to me! Thank you for reading this, I know it was alot, but I just wanted to let you all know where I am at because pictures of my trip only say so much.
