I have some very exciting news to share…
I AM FULLY FUNDED!! The Lord has been so faithful in this fundraising process, even answering my very specific prayers. When I started fundraising back in June, it seemed like such a daunting task. I had until April when I left to be fully funded and continue with my team. However, I knew that this trip was something the Lord wanted me to do, and so like Gideon I asked Him for a favor. I knew that fundraising was the only thing in this process that I would have any control over, as well as knowing the stickler I am about budgeting and having enough money. So my prayer was to be funded before I left for my first country on January 7th. The Lord came through in all kinds of ways that I never would have expected. He revealed Himself so clearly with all of the experiences and lessons over this last year of preparing for the world race.
I had begun to realize that the Lord was calling me to a new season back in January of 2018, I just didn’t know what it was yet. Even now in preparing my heart to leave I often wonder what my life would have looked like right now if I’d made different choices, but His faithfulness has been a constant reminder that if we are steadily looking to Him, we will always be within the Lord’s will. Some things about this journey has been really hard, losing touch with people, saying goodbye to my kiddos, realizing my intense love of teaching but closing that chapter for now, trading a remarkable Community for another. But provision and peace have come from the most unexpected places. Immense support from those around me, strangers becoming friends out of support of spreading the gospel, a greater understanding of my giftings and how changes and community can help in recognizing and molding those. I’ve had a plan mapped out for my life for a while now, and I was sure that the Lord was in full support of that plan. But as a friend said recently, “plans and dreams that we have for our life are just that, our plans and not His.” His plans are so much bigger than we ever could have dreamed for ourselves. I’ve had a lot of people ask me what I’m most excited about, or what I’m going to do when I get back? And honestly I’m trying not to answer those. It’s not because I haven’t thought of them or have wanted to plan everything out. I’m trying to learn how to trust the Lord in my planning more than I had before. This season is making me realize that He already has a plan, and He is going to make it happen. The thing I’m most excited about, is to see my Lord show up and show off. Now that I’ve finally let go of the controls, I can’t wait to see what direction He steers.
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