So since being accepted, I have been trying to get out my support letters….this has proved to be a more difficult task than I thought. I wrote my letter…but I was so unsure about it. My first draft was boring and “like I was trying to be a saint” (according to my best friend Kate who is a missionary in Costa Rica with me right now). So after making it more real and straight from my heart, I had to translate it into Spanish to give to everyone here in Costa Rica. Then we went on searches for envelopes, spent my whole life savings on international postage stamps and making copies of the letters, addressing all the envelopes (thanks to my parents for sending me all the addresses), and finally I sent them out on Friday! I’m a little nervous about them getting there quickly….and even getting there at all :). I’m also a little nervous about raising $14,000 in 4 months without even being in the States, but God has been totally challenging my faith. He knows about all of this. In fact, this week in my Bible study with my church, we are studying the names of God and the name we are studying is “Jehova Jireh” which means “My provider.” The Bible study leader announced our homework for this week was that we had to write out how we need God to provide for us this week and what battle we need Him to win. I got a little emotional. We serve a great God. I know He has affirmed this trip for me and that He can owns the world and everything in it. $14,000 is nothing to Him. My life verse right now is Psalms 9:10: “Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” I am so excited to see how the Spirit works and totally rocks my world with his faithfulness 🙂
