Hello my friends,
So this wonderful evening I am sitting here, having been called off work and am struggling to find words to thank all of you. My articulation skills are failing me as I think about how overwhelmed I am by your generosity. Two days ago I met my first deadline; a wonderfully exciting reality. The amount of money in my account, a strong 0, when I first started this adventure has been replaced by the first deadline amount of 3500, which is a mind rattling fact for me. I am flabbergasted by the fact that we have hit this goal together and I cannot begin to express my gratitude properly using words; there just are no words that could do my feelings justification. I guess THANK YOU will have to do for now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 
Although we have met the first deadline my heart is anxious for the remainder of the word to be done. We have another 13000 
to raise and although I know it sounds like a lot we can make it happen. $38 a day is what it calculates to when the math is done. That is much more appropriate way to look at it, not as overwhelming as 13000. But as I raise money I feel the stressors of the task, anxiety and pressure to fundraise, frustrations of people as I bug them over and over (sorry for this) and the fears associated with not meeting goals. Still, as I sit and now that these stressors and anxieties are possible I find myself thinking of the movie Guardians of the Galaxy. My favorite scene is at the end of the movie when baby Groot is dancing in his little pot and the demon looking man (he’s actually a good guy) is sitting behind him. Every time the man looks at baby Groot he stops and has this little smile and his face, anticipation, but does not move. Then he dances with joy again when the man looks away. I feel like this is a perfect representation of my life at the moment. God is moving, he is working. I feel him. I see him. I feel like dancing for him, in my own little pot and excitedly standing still, with all my knowledge of God and his workings in my heart when anxieties, stressors and the devil turn and look at me. Then when they look away… we start dancing again!! 
I don’t know, maybe that image doesn’t quite make sense but heres the link if you want to watch baby Groot dance and it might clear things up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEPbXYzE5_Y
Anyway, again THANK YOU and let’s keep chipping away at it. Let’s continue to dance for the Lord!! Joyful dancing for the Lord; love it!
Thanks for reading.
Tabbi
