Dear supporters,
As promised, I am announcing my new fundraiser tonight/today. Before I do so, I would like to update you on a few things.
If you follow me on Facebook and Instagram you saw that today was the day I broke my silence. (If you don’t follow me you should! Info below.) Anyway, I mentioned the struggle and fight I have been praying about the last couple of weeks. Here is what I posted earlier today:
“Lately I’ve been quiet about the world race. At first I was discouraged due to some fundraisers being shut down and some unsuccessful. In addition to this, my T-shirt order was returned by my leasing office and therefore will now be here even later than the expected date. Even so, I kept telling myself to blog. I sat down and stare at my computer screen, but nothing came out. At the same time, when I couldn’t write/type, I continued my #bibleproject study. Last night after 3 hours of studying, I said ENOUGH! I asked God to pleeeease tell me what’s next and to encourage me once again to keep going as this MISSION is FOR THE PEOPLE of each of the 11 new countries I will be going to FROM HIM. Aaaaand tah-dah! This morning I woke up to these words. Job 8:7.. Here we go again! Stay tuned to the crazy-ness that is my life and subscribe! I am posting a new fundraiser tonight. 
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????#godcomesthrough #missiontrip #aim#theworldrace #11n11 #travellersnotebook #travel #january2019 “
See the last hashtag there? January 2019! Woah, what happened to #october2018 marilyn?
I’m glad you asked. I prayed for about a month every day and asked God what it was that he truly needed me to do. I asked that if I needed to leave in October, I would. I would buy my pack and arrange the plans to carpool to training camp. That never happened. I tried to plan as if I were to launch in October, nothing worked out for me. I continued to pray. Finally, something someone told me clicked. ” Marilyn, sometimes God let’s us make the decision.” So, I did. I decided to defer my leave until January 2019 Route 2. I decided I’d stay an extra 3 months to move out of my apartment and unpack everything back home, save all my income and use that for my gear and spending money for the World Race. So far, this was working fine, I officially changed routes and was about to announce my new route. I submitted my t shirt orders, I planned for a bake sale at work and I painted my jars. My bake sale was scheduled for 06/22, the t shirts were supposed to arrive by 07/05 and finally, I was to announce this fundraiser 07/07. Well, my bake sale was shut down and I was no longer able to arrange any fundraisers at work. The day I was to announce my Adopt a Country I found out that my leasing office sent back both t shirt orders. I was officially discouraged.
Honestly, I told myself quite immediately that this was something that God planned and that it would be fine. It took me a week to learn that this was in fact God’s plan, but a plan with a test embedded into it. (Surprise!- Not.) I felt I failed you all!
Like I said this morning, I continued to pray and seek God. I continued my Bible Project study and prayed for encouragement. Last night I gave up completely. In a good way, the way that God wants us to give up. I said enough is enough, this is your plan God and I need help. I woke up at 0645, by 0700 I read these words:
“And though you started with little, you will end with much.” Job 8:7
God, needed me to be vulnerable to him and to trust him. I need to be confident that HE WILL PROVIDE, no matter what obstacles I face. And this morning I thanked God for everything that had “gone wrong” with my fundraisers, because of those hiccups I spent hours every day after work reading and studying his word. Isn’t it funny how good things happen and life situations begin to change for the better when you begin to pray and simply ask for help? All we need to do is pray.
(Phew!) Okay, now about that fundraiser… Go to my next blog!
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