Quick fundraising update!!
Wowza! I am only about $1533 away from being fully funded, y’all! That’s insane!! We have raised over $17,000! If you would like to help me raise the last $1500, my final deadline is Jan. 31, only 12 days away! I would greatly appreciate donations of any size! You can click ‘donate’ above or send money via Venmo: @MiiggySmalls
Thank you so much to those of you who have already donated, it truly means the world to me!!
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So here’s the scene: a group of 19 Americans (1 Canadian) walk into a prison on a sunny Wednesday morning in Lesotho. As we walk in, we hear several different instruments playing, all tribal and ceremonial like; honestly, it was pretty cool. There were about 150 men filling the prison yard singing, playing instruments and dancing. These men were all dressed in red, some of them in jumpsuits, some in shirt and pants, some in blankets. As we entered, all eyes were on us, but not one of them stopped dancing or singing. A pastor was with us who was fluent in the native tounge of Sotho, we all introduce ourselves; our name, age, and where we were from. These men were so happy to see us and hear what the Lord had to say through us.
We had the opportunity to share 3 testimonies and have 1 other person share a sermon. One girl went up and shared her testimony. A second girl went up and shared her testimony. The power of God was flowing through the prison at this point. A third girl went up and shared her testimony, she started crying, I started crying, plenty of people started crying. Really though, God was moving through this joint like a fire!!! Then somebody had to go up and share a sermon. Earlier that morning, names were picked from a hat to determine who would be sharing testimonies and the person who was sharing a sermon. Names were picked and my fingers were crossed. I had absolutely no desire to preach. And with the lift of her hand, a teammate took a name out of a hat and read it… in slow motion the name “Miguel” was said aloud. Tbh, I was kinda mad about it, I really didn’t want to preach, but whatever, there was no way around it.
That morning was honestly so peaceful after I got over the stress of not wanting to preach. I decided to just get on my face before the Lord and ask for His words to flow through me. I wrote down a few words in my notes and felt like I was set. We started walking down to the prison and I was all excited to preach. We go to the prison and all of sudden, I looked down and had totally forgotten my notes. I let out a loud laugh and was just like….. alright, God, we’ve got this.
So, after the third girl told her testimony, God was lifting that place up! It was totally live in there, like forreal. I was called up and I preached my heart out. Honestly, I have no idea or recollection of what I preached about, but what I do know is that it was 100% the Word of God. God totally fuled me and took over. By the end of my preaching, that place was on fire!! It was incredible, I walked back to my chair, greeted with high fives. After I preached, 5 men decided to come and give their life to Christ! FIVE MEN WHO ARE IN PRISON DECIDED TO MAKE A 180DEGREE TURN AND FOLLOW CHRIST!!!! WOW!
Realtalk, I can’t stand preaching, but I actually really have enjoyed the opportunities I have gotten to preach on this race. Everytime I preach, there seems to be a new level of intimacy that I reach with God, there is always so much fruit. I rarely remember exactly what I spoke about, but God just takes over every single time. When you let God take over, you cannot fail.. I repeat, when you let God take over, YOU CANNOT FAIL!! God is making that so obvious to me. Each time I submit my fears and insecurities to Him, He takes over and does the dang thing. So, to you reading this, to you with fear, worry, stress and insecurity.. give it away to the Lord and there will be so so so so so so much fruit.
Thank you so much for reading. I loved being able to preach at the prison and I am excited for the next chance I get to preach, I know exactly what my plan will be. I’m gonna wake up, get on my face, and let God take over and propel me forward, because that is what He does. He loves you crazy much! And so do I!
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Again, I am so close to being fully funded, so if you would like to help me reach my goal by the deadline of January 31, hit the donate button up top or hit me up on Venmo: @MiiggySmalls
Much love!
