A cry for help.
Since training camp ended on August 20th, I’ve raised roughly $3,000 in about 10 days. When I left He lit such a fire under me that I couldn’t imagine not making the funds for this trip. I told myself I’m going to push as hard as I can. Reach every person I can. Give Him EVERY opportunity and tool for Him to use to reach these financial goals. Most importantly, trust Him.
I have about 11 days to raise $1,900 now or I won’t be able to launch. That is such an intimidating number. Honestly, I’m scared. The funds have slowed down as I keep pushing. Scared I won’t be side by side with the 55 members of my squad I just fell in love with. Scared I won’t grow with them in the field. Scared I won’t be able to witness, first hand, how God is moving in such an amazing way in each and every one of them as we help change the lives of others. They are the community that I’ve searched for, knowingly or not, my entire life. I didn’t know it was possible for me to fall in such a deep love for each one of these individuals in only 10 days. I realized, among many other things, that I had a huge gapping hole in my heart for community. If you know me, I have a TON of friends and loved ones and I’m so blessed to have you all in my life. But it was this exact community I was lacking. This exact group of people. This crazy, hungry, goofy, relentless, broken, strong, overwhelming, overcoming, courageous, loving, and selfless group. The perfect storm.
If I don’t reach this goal, I won’t be physically with them. I’ll keep in contact, prayer, and they’ll forever be in my heart. I want to be side by side with them as we pray over those in India, wash the feet of the children in Nepal, to cry with those in Vietnam, to share stories and smile with those in Cambodia, to preach with those in Botswana, to play soccer and love the children in South Africa, to teach with those in Swaziland, to explore God’s beauty with those in Argentina, to feed those in Chile, to believe with those in Bolivia, and love as Jesus loved with those off the amazon in Peru. To be the hands and feet of God with every one of them. To see how God grows in each of us as we see it grow in the people God is calling to Him through us. To be a mobile church. Together. Every country. Every month. Every day.
So I come to you, the person reading this blog right now, can you help me reach this goal that’s so heavy on my heart? A goal that means more than I can describe in any blog post, message, or letter? A goal that is so much bigger than just a number.
Over everything, I need prayer. I need every prayer warrior out there to sit on this with me and take it to Him. To join me as I lift it all to Him. As I make this push for this deadline that He works through others and through me to make it. If it be His will.
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“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” Psalm 9:10
