GOD IS FAITHFUL. It’s true! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all who have thoughtfully and prayerfully supported my journey so far! Because of you all, I have met my first fundraising deadline! I am 30% funded! I have a long way to go, but I know that God is paving the road farther ahead than what is in sight. Update on dates: I graduate next Saturday, there are 34 days until training camp, 78 days until my $10,000 fundraising deadline, and 89 days until the month of August is here!
I believe wholeheartedly that the World Race journey is the next step in my relationship with Jesus. A huge leap of faith and a big step of obedience. I will follow wherever He leads. I am definitely discovering more now than ever before that obedience is hard sometimes. It’s taken me way out of my comfort zone. The last four months, or since my commitment to the race, have been challenging to say the least. Realizing that I have no idea whether or not there will be anything easy about this journey has brought feelings of uneasiness and discouragement. I’ll share one way I have been discourage, and I humbly ask for your prayers against it.
So my “love language”, or the way I receive and feel love, is spending quality time with those I am close to and when other people do acts of service/kindness. It amazes me when people go out of their way to spend time or do something just for me. Being away from my family and friends for an entire year and missing out on the quality time we normally have, makes me afraid of being forgotten. That is an irrational fear I know, but lately it’s been Satan’s way of discouraging me. What will I miss? What if I’m far away when something significant happens? Will anyone even want to see me when I get back? Will all of my friends have moved on and forgotten me? C.S. Lewis once said, “I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer…You are yourself the answer. Before Your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?” All of these what if’s could come to be, and I have no control over it, but I know that God will not lead me any place that He will not go.
These fears sometimes send my thoughts into overdrive, but I know that God will be faithful, and I must be faithful to Him as well. Psalm 138:8 has stood out to me this week, “The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. LORD, Your love is eternal; do not abandon the work of Your hands.” God is not limited. God will be with me Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. I believe there is a specific purpose He has for me in each of these countries! In the short clip that I’ve shared at the bottom this page Will Smith talks about fear and what it does and it resonated with me completely. Take a look!
Will you prayerfully consider joining me in my journey through prayer or support? Click the orange “Donate” button at the top of the page! Thank you to ALL who have already joined me!
$5,000 – Due 5/15/2017 (Fundraising Goal 1) GOAL MET! Praise!
$10,000 – Due 7/21/2017 (Fundraising Goal 2)
$13,000 – Due 9/30/2017 (Fundraising Goal 3)
$18,017 – Due 11/30/2017 (Fundraising Goal 4)
Thank you for reading and God Bless!
