Hey Everybody!
First, I want to thank God and you guys for keeping me on the field. Since you haven’t seen me at home, you should all know that I get to stay here! Amazing. Thank you’ll all so much.
To be completely honest I didn’t keep faith. It’s a couple of days before the deadline and I’m looking at my support account. All I see is that I still need about $2,440. I started thinking that God might want me to go home. I started looking at job posting in Houston and places I can volunteer. I was trying to prepare myself with parting from my squad. I told the girls around me I just didn’t know what was going on. The past couple of deadlines I have been so sure that I would be okay. I wasn’t worried. This last deadline I walked around with this pit of anxiety in my belly.
Looking back (hindsight is 20/20) it was the direct reflection of my spiritual walk with God. I feel like I spent most of Thailand in a blur of confusion and exhaustion. I didn’t feel close to God. The other team with us felt a spiritual oppression that just sucked the energy out of them, I felt tension. It was thick in the air and it clouded our judgments.
In the end, God put in the heart of a friend of mine to pledge the remaining balance. It would be given by the end of the race and because of that it gave me time to support raise. Thank you, God. I get to stay. I sat at my computer at 2am and cried. Both teams (Roar & Upstream) were staying up praying all night for those needing support. God you want me here, it was all I could think. Part of me has been wanting to go home since Tanzania, but when I found out I got to stay, I was happy. I want to be here. I want to in the Teachers Workplace.
That being said, I need about $800 in four months. I broke it down to needing about $200 a month. So for all you math lovers… if you feel led to give, please consider becoming a monthly donor for the next 4 months. There are several options:
2 people to give $100/month or
4 people to give $50/month or
8 people to give $25/month or
10 people to give $20/month or
Whatever the Lord is telling you to give!
In the end, any amount is a wonderful blessing from God. I have had donations from $7 to $1,500 every single one touched my heart. Every single one the Lord used to speak to me. He showed me faith, endurance, and love. This is love from the body of Christ. To help one another and to carry each others burdens.
Thank you all!!!
