Late October last year I had been accepted to go on this grand adventure. And within the first two weeks of that acceptance, you are required to raise $200 to finalize the application. I knew that I could have easily just wrote the check on paypal and been done with it so I could really begin the process of what I was about to do.
However, I had surprisingly been handed $50 from two different people that week out of the blue. I decided that I wanted to see God be the one in control of what it was that I was doing. So instead of feeling like God is the One who is just sitting up there forcing my hand, I was excited to wait and see His goodness.
And surprisingly I watched people give me money for other random reasons without me ever asking people to give me money. And then it was nearing the end of the second week. The office staff at Adventures in Mission called me to see if I was sending in the $200 and if I fully understood that it had to be in if I wanted to commit to this trip. I gladly explained that I was waiting for the last $8 to come in and I was excited to see how God would take care of it.
And then it was the last day. I knew the check had to be in the mail that morning for it to be at the office by the deadline. I never received the $8 yet, but as I put the check in the mail, I told God that I was excited to see how He would provide that day.
Sure enough a very dear mentor of mine, Bill, asked me about my trip that afternoon. He stopped in for a coffee at Starbucks. I wasn't really talking about my trip yet, but he knew. He asked me when I start raising support. I said once my application is complete. I told him that I was waiting for the $8 today. Sure enough, he ran back to his car after he got his Tall White Mocha. He came back in and put the $8 in my hand and said it was what was in his car.
I was so excited to know that He has shown me how He is in control of every penny. As I watched my fundraising come in right on time as it was nearing the deadline of February 20, I told my supporters the good news that I was fully funded. Well, all most.
I had been short $5.43 since February 20. I have had a hard time making the announcement that I am fully funded since technically I'm not. And God showed me He is in charge of every penny last October; so should I just wait till AIM emails me to pay up? Naturally, that's not a big deal. I had $5 sitting in my shoe the whole year up until Serbia. But I don't know. I just wanted to see. Maybe He really is in control of that $5.43 too.
I received this email finally.
And then my squad mate, Val, asked who she could pray for to be fully funded in support on Face book shortly after the email. I said, "I got $5.43. (knowing full well how trivial it sounds) And God is in charge of every penny."
Moments later she responds, "Not anymore."
So it is my grand pleasure to tell you that He is in charge of every penny. Praise and glory to the One who commands the earth to move and every living thing to have it's being and the power to raise Christ from the dead and knows the hairs on your head and then cares about the sparrows and covers the fields in lilies and takes care of your pennies too.
Thank you to all who support me financially and pray for me. To God be the glory!
