I am aware that this blog is WAAAYYY past due….I still appreciate you reading it. 🙂 Now…carry on….
Cap'n Modupe Ogunkeye
Hey guys so I wasn't able to meet the deadline which is kind of disappointing so I'll be talking to my mobilizer hopefully soon. But no experience is wasted and I know the Lord still has something planned. I've really appreciated all the prayer towards this trip! I would still greatly appreciate prayer for what direction I will be going in after the summer. Thank you all so much! Love all of you. 🙂
Arrr, This be pleasin' to me eye. · · Jul-aye! 2 roundabouts 12:00in the mornin'
As I was trying to come to grips with this fact I'll admit I was a little bummed that I wasn't moving forward and I was trying to understand why God had allowed me to prepare this much only to stop here. I had even been retracing the last few months in my mind to see if I had missed some signal that this wasn't the path I was supposed to be on.
Then I got a call from my mobilizer Jessica. She is who helps with getting us world racers with getting onto the field. Anyway, our conversation went something like this…
"Hey so if you feel like this is the direction that the Lord has you on then we have a little flexibility for this deadline. We can give you until training camp to try and raise the funds for the first deadline."
As I heard her saying this I could hear God whispering, "Hey kiddo go for it. Stick it out to the end."
So I said, "Ok, let's do it” or something to that effect and our conversation ended.
Modupe Ogunkeye
Jul-aye! 3
SO…….. I have been given until July 14th to attempt to raise the funds I need for my next deadline! I'm choosing to pursue this and really believe the Lord is calling me in this direction. So if you still want to help send me around the world to do God's work please pray and if you want to give a one-time or even monthly donation go online to my blog at moeogunkeye.theworldrace.org and click on the "Insert Coin Here" link and follow the instructions. Guys, I really appreciate all the encouragement you've given me and the prayers! Stay Classy friends! 🙂
2 Weeks. I had 2 weeks to raise it and be able to go to training camp. At that I point I had raised about $1400 and I needed to reach $3500. So I began telling more of my friends and posting on Facebook about it.
1 Week Later…I had only managed to raise $200 more brining me to $1600
Monday….Nothing
Tuesday night rolls around and I begin packing my backpack not really knowing if I was going to training camp.
Earlier that night I had gone to dinner with a sweet friend and she encouraged me. Basically she said, "Moe if you are going to go for it I think you should get pumped as if you are going."
See, even though I had peace about the outcome and was going forward, I still had a small part of me that wasn't all in. Of course, it was "just in case" It didn't turn out the way I hoped I wouldn't be too disappointed. (I guess old habits die hard.)
Wednesday….Nothing
Thursday….I drove into Houston to run an errand. While driving I got a call from my mobilizer, Jessica.
"Hey so I'm just calling to check on you and see where you are at with raising funds."
"Well basically, I'm packed and ready to go I'm just waiting on the Lord to provide." *insert nervous laughter*
"I guess it's going to be a nail bitter but God has something planned." and then we ended our conversation.
40 minutes later…..
"Hey Moe, so I just want to let you know that your account is now at $2500. Yea…about $700 came through in the last few days on your account."
"What? Are you serious?! My skin is prickly and hot right now!" (That is literally what I said…lol)
I finished my errand and headed back to camp. I arrived 2 hours later still totally blown away by God. I checked my account again and another $130 had come in.
As that day ended I couldn't believe how God was making things happen.
Friday (the last day before training camp)… I awoke that morning and said, "God I need $800ish today and you know that so….let's do this."
That day I had a friend give me $200 in cash. I also counted the money I received from the bracelets I had been selling which turned out to be another $140. Then my mom called me and said since she was not able to find a plane ticket she had been looking for, instead she would give me a check for $200.
So at that point I pretty much only needed $250.
Throughout the day I had been telling my friends at camp about it and they had gone to work telling everyone about the t-shirts I was also selling.
But apparently God was doing more than I could imagine. Some friends I had been talking to gave me a check that they had been meaning to give me. When I looked at it, it was for the last $250 that I needed!
"I'm going to training camp." is what passed through my mind. Literally, a trip I had gotten ready for, booked a flight for, that I needed $800 more for, but still was not sure I was going to make it to….I now was going!
On top of that God had given me the money for the first deadline. Even more so He provided it the exact way I needed. Since I was receiving the money the day before I was set to fly out to training camp I had to have it in the form of cash and check that I had to bring with me. I hadn't really told anyone this yet God perfectly provided and He is still perfectly providing.
Although God shown me His perfect ability to provide, what I saw in everything is that He wanted this trip for me too. I’ve known about and have desired to do the world race since 4ish years ago but I’m not sure I ever believed I’d have a chance to do it. So when God provided the money He was saying to me that as much as I want to go on this trip, He wants it even more. He was the one who had placed this desire in my heart in the first place so of course He wanted it.
I don’t pretend to understand why and how God does things, but what I am learning is how in control of everything He is and I am thankful for how patient He is in showing me these things.
