Here I am sitting on my bed trying to figure out how to tell you all this. I am going home…. I still have to raise $3256 for the Race. Right now I am in the danger zone of being sent home this month. If I don’t raise this money my race will be cut short by 2 months. Man only 2 months to go…. I don’t want to miss out on what God has planned for us in those 2 months. I know I still have growth to happen. I am on an amazing team and I don’t want to leave them. I want to finish the Race. I signed up to be here for 11 months. And I think God called me here for that 11months, not just 9 months. He did’t intend for me to leave early. He has called me here to stay.
Today I was watching the girls here in the Philippines. They have had rough lives. They haven’t had it easy at all. For crying out loud they have been told they are worth nothing, by men they don’t know. Yet I can see how much they love eachother. They even love us. They ask us our names. They care about who we are. They want to know me. I mean WOW!!! They had a much harder life than I ever did and they care about me. I was so encouraged by them. To see them walk tall in who they are today showed me that no matter what I am dealing with there is nothing that God can’t fix. He has made those beautiful women whole. He has shown them that they are worth more than the finest gems in the world. They are so precious that He will never leave them. And that to me tonight was the biggest encouragement to keep fighting to stay here. If they can fight for a better life, then I can fight for this. These girls are so amazing and to be around them is such a blessing. I can’t imagine even missing one moment like this. And I am not going to. They helped me find my fight again for justice in the world. I can’t imagine leaving now and missing any more moments like that. The people in the nations need to be loved, and I want to love them.
Here is where you come in. If you would like to see me stay on the field for the last 2 months then please pray about helping me. I need lots of prayer. I also need help financially. I can not do this without all of your help. Please pray about helping me stay on the race for the last 2 months. God is so big and I know he will provide again, as he has every time in the past.
