I love the way God works; I love his sense of humor and how wonderful his timing is. I mean, don’t you? Time and time again I feel as though I learn something, or I get some piece of news, and I shake my head and think, “Oh, God… you’re a little ridiculous, but it’s definitely in a good way.” He reminds me of a friend who enjoys surprising me. As soon as I let go and trust him, as soon as I rely upon his strength and not my own, he uses that. He takes my willingness and he changes the situation. His unpredictability is almost…predictable. It makes me giggle.
Support Update: I’ll confess that I have been scared more than once in the past two months at the idea of raising $15,000. I’m just finishing school, I’m only 21, and that seems like a lot of money. It’s a little bit overwhelming at times. Here’s the conversation in my head:
“Woah, God, $15,000? You’re…you’re kidding, right? I mean, I could buy a new car with that much money. I could pay for a year of school. And that’s how much support I need? Sure, when I look at it, I realize it’s less than I can live on here in the States. I realize that it’s below the poverty line for living where I do. But still! That’s a big chunk of change. But, wait, you really want me to go on this, don’t you? [I picture God nodding his head] Well, then, okay. I’m in. Let’s do this.”
I will say however, my first batch of support letters are officially in the mail! Praise the Lord. Before I had even really started to tell people about the Race, someone had supported me. I have no idea who it was, it was anonymous, but truly, the Lord used someone to greatly bless me and confirm that yes, this is what I am doing next year. It was exactly what I needed to feel peace about the trip. But then, some time went by… and I kind of forgot about it. I put off writing my support letter, put off telling people about it, put off getting the word out there.
Two nights ago, I finally sat down and started. I told myself that I wasn’t going to sleep until I finished it. I wrote a letter. I made a facebook event. On a whim, at about 2:00 am, I checked my support account. I figured it hadn’t changed, because who would even know about it? Amazingly enough, even while I was literally in the middle of writing and getting the ball rolling (finally), I saw the Lord provide. Someone had anonymously donated – again! (Inner monologue – Woah! God! This is ridiculous!) I don’t know if it was the same person, but I can say that I have half of what I need for training camp.
I hadn’t started, and I’m a tenth of the way to my goal. God is good. And he loves surprises.
My prayer is that my squad, and I continue to trust the Lord to provide, and continue to trust in his faithfulness. He’ll show up in crazy ways when we least expect, and through people that we least expect.
That being said, I would love to have you join with me in prayer, or in financial support. You can click the support me! link on the left side bar, or if you would like a support letter, by mail, or via email, please let me know. I would more than excited to have you be a part of this.
