I've managed to reach my first deadline PRAISE GOD!
I've also been thinking about how the rest of the money will come in and wondering how I could get it and where I could get it from. If I said that fundraising hasn't been the hardest thing I've ever done I'd be lying. It makes having gotten my Master's Degree a walk in the park for sure. I keep hearing my teammates getting this donation and that donation and so many of them are over half way there and I just barely made this deadline. I keep wondering what I'm doing wrong and why God isn't providing for me…… This made me realize how selfish I am being. I should be happy that my teammates are getting funded and that God is blessing them. It made me realize that God has never let me down. There is no logic to explain how I have survived the past four years since I lost my teaching career other than God. If God has taken care of me financially the past four years why would he abandon me now??? Truth be told he hasn't and he won't I just want it my way and on my terms. I have my backup plans on how to get funds and what to do. However these plans are mine and not God's. I need to put more trust in him. God wants to bless each and everyone of us we just need to give him the opportunity to do that. I need to spend more time on my knees asking him to provide and trusting that he will. I have a month to get another $3000 for the race and I plan on surpassing that goal because I will follow and listen to God. I will trust in him.
Phillipians 4:13 I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me.
I know that all my work will be worthwhile when I board that first plane heading to Bulgaria. It will be a distant memory as I play with orphans in Africa and love on them. When I sit across from a girl who has been forced into the sex trafficing industry and talk to her and make her feel valued. When I share the gospel to people who have never heard it before. When I love on people that the world has deemed unloveable, I will be Jesus with skin on. I will be the hands and feet of Jesus on earth and none of the frustrations and tears of fundraising will matter. It won't be an easy road on the race but it will be God directed and work out for his plans!! I can't wait for this journey. Please be with me in prayer for the funds to come in and my team as we prepare for training camp in two short weeks. If you want to donate contact me or follow the link on the left side of this blog…
