Wow it has been a long time since I have updated you all on how things are going. For me it feels like the months are flying by and I can not believe that I only have 3 months before I launch. It feels like yesterday that I found out I was accepted to go on this adventure and that I was just starting to raise support.
I feel extremely blessed to be able to say I have the bulk of my funds raised for this trip. I only have about $1,300 left to raise! I can say with full assurance that the Lord knew that I needed to be almost fully funded going into this summer season because of how busy and full this season would be. He knows me better than I know myself and knows exactly what I need when I need it. He has placed so many wonderful generous people in my life and I can not tell you how blessed I am to have people supporting me in all aspects of my life. I feel fully covered in prayer and know that so many of you will continue to lift me up to the Father. I am at a loss for words for how grateful I feel. So Thank you from the depths of my soul.
Over the last few months the Lord has revealed that His calling over my life encompasses more than just the literal words. The calling He has placed on my life is to feed people. I know in the depths of my being that my purpose on this earth is to feed people. For the longest time I thought that the Lord meant that in only the literal sense of meeting peoples physical need of hunger, but over the last couple of months He has shown me that He wants me to feed people’s souls as well. He has called me out of the comfort of my home here in Buena Vista and the job that I love, feeding kids at Young Life camp, to show me that the calling He has made so clear to me means more than the box I put it in. I believe that He has called me on this journey to reveal more about the gifts He has given me and who He has made me to be. He wants to expand my vision on the kinds of ministry that fit well with my giftings, and He is opening my eyes to the bigger world He has made. I don’t know what the Lord will call me to after the Race but I have a gut feeling it is something bigger than I could ever imagine on my own. My selfish being wants to come back to Buena Vista because of the community I have found here, but I am trying to remind myself to stay open and allow Holy Spirit to direct and unfold that step as it comes.
Please keep me in your prayers for the Lord to supply me with the energy to be fully present in my job and where I am at but also the energy and head space to prepare well for this next adventure. I would love for you to join me in asking the Father to continue to provide for me financially and to allow me to be fully funded before I launch. Thanks again from this grateful heart for all your love and support. I couldn’t do any of this without this supportive community.
