When I initially heard about The World Race my immediate reaction was
YEA RIGHT,
There is NO way….
Sorry, I’ll just find something else.
You see the WR costs $15,500 plus all the expenses of gear, vaccines, meds, and plane tickets.
I felt like I didn’t have the resources, I didn’t know enough people, and I didn’t like asking people for money.
The funny thing is all those things are true.
Despite my fears God called me to step out and put everything in His hands. He began to show my anxious heart that He would take care of me.
- Just one garage sale raised enough money to buy ALL my gear.
- After depositing most of the money from my bank account into my SUPPORT account, I realized I had overdrawn my account. I knew my car was already running on empty but I didn’t have any way to fix the problem. I decided to not tell anyone about the situation but to trust God at His promise to provide and let Him handle it. That afternoon someone slipped $40 into my hand with out explanation and walked away.
- Through 3 random checks handed to me throughout the day, I received enough money to buy my travel insurance just 12 hours before I HAD to purchase it.
- The night before my first deadline of $6,000 I was still $2,200 short. Many of my squad members rallied with me to get the word out, many anonymous donations came in (included on for $1,200), and by the next morning I had not only made my deadline but surpassed it by $800.
As most of you know January 2nd was my final deadline, and I needed to be fully funded.
Being in South Africa was the perfect place for this to happen. This month we only have one hour of internet one day a week. Because of that I couldn’t fundraise much, I couldn’t post many blogs about it, I couldn’t contact everyone I knew and ask them to give, and I couldn’t constantly check my support account to know how I was doing.
To be honest with you I didn’t really give it a second thought.
I did what I could do and was so happy to be able to leave it in Gods hands. To be honest with you, this was the first time I didn’t worry or fret about how or when the money would come in. Just 4 days ago we visited our usual WiFi spot….McDonald’s….and did the usual. I checked my account and I checked my emails.
-Emails from people letting me know they wanted to support me, donations from people I did NOT know, anonymous donations, and Christmas gifts in my personal account donated by family.
Dearest family, friends, supporters, and those who choose to go by ‘anonymous’,
With all the monthly pledges and one time gifts I have received accounted for, I am DELIGHTED to let you know that
I AM FULLY FUNDED!
I didn’t know how I would ever get here but it is SO evident to me that God’s sovereign hand has been arranging every detail. He hand picked those who would by my support team at home. He knew before time began who would stumble upon my blog any give anonymously. He predestined who would earnestly and fervently enter in to spiritual battle through prayer to get me through these 11 months. I can’t begin to express my thankfulness for you all. Although I am the one actually on the field, I couldn’t be here without your faithfulness and obedience to our Father. And the sacrifice you have made to do that, I don’t take lightly.
All glory be to our powerful, mighty, never ending, always loving Savior.
*We went on Safari this week. BLOG TO COME SOON*
