I’m new to this whole blogging thing so bear with me..
I am learning to embrace and celebrate the present “small” victories which in the grand scheme of things will make a lasting impact. its funny and really, when I say funny I mean sad, that we humans tend to try to conquer the mountain when we can barely get up the hill. But sometimes the hill is half the battle.
I refer a lot back to my past, but that’s because there is still a lot that the LORD wants to teach me and help me gain authority over. Sometimes though I focus too much on it and lose the moment I’m in or while trying to conquer a past mountain, I am overcome by a present small hill. Unfortunately, this has been my whole life. I’m 24 mind you. I don’t want to live in the past nor let it control my future. A struggle of mine is asking and receiving help. It makes me feel weak, like I’m a burden, an inconvenience because I’m not worthy. I know this stems from my childhood, but again, I’m sick and tired of being controlled by the lies of my childhood.
And so enters FUNDRAiSiNG. I not only have to ask for help, but I’m asking for money and being vulnerable by sharing the desires that God has placed on my heart, what He has called me to. And I know, this has nothing to do with me. It’s about JESUS and expanding His kingdom and inviting others to be a part of that. It is so much bigger than me. And I can sit here and list excuse after excuse as to why I’m not fit to do this, and every single one would be true. I can’t do this.. not on my own. And honestly, this frustrates me yet excites me. That is why I NEED YOU. As some of you know I’ve been away living with a family in Lynchburg, Virginia. A HUGE area that the LORD has been showing me is my need for people, and teaching me that I can’t do life on my own and I sure can’t raise $17,000 on my own. It would have to be a God miracle and He tends to use people a lot of the time.
So in this very humbling and difficult process, which I am trying daily to embrace, I am asking you to partner with me on this opportunity that the LORD has called me to. He has called me to serve the poorest of the poor. And for each person that looks different, but for me it is literally the poor. The little kids who have no one to tell them they are loved and to rock them to sleep at night. The lonely that no one gives the time to listen to or the homeless who cry because they have stomach pains. Those who have nothing. God has called me to live among them and share Jesus with these brothers and sisters and I NEED YOUR HELP to do that. As the giver, you are just as important, if not more, because I can’t do it with out you. So please keep me in prayer and please consider partnering with God in helping send me to these 11 different countries to share the love of Christ.
Albania Romania
Zambia Malawi
Malaysia Thailand Cambodia
Ecuador Peru Bolivia Chile
- $3,500 – Due 5/1/2015
- $7,500 – Due 6/17/2015
- $11,000 – Due 10/1/2015
- $16,277 – Due 1/1/2016
Grace be with you,
Lauren Wilde Mitchell
