Hey Friends and Family,
It’s been around a week since I made my initial announcement about leaving on the World Race, and I feel like I should share what is going on in my life. Over the past month or so, the Lord has been revealing some things about myself. You may be asking yourself, “What great revelation has the Lord given you that you felt so obligated to share?” (Well you probably didn’t think it so wordy and eloquently, that’s just the way I’ve been taught to write) I’ve had to come to the realization that somewhere inside of me I have an issue with pride. Now pride is a word that I would never have used to describe myself, but the Lord has opened my eyes to the fact that on certain issues I am very prideful. One of the deepest places that I find myself being prideful is asking for anything from anyone. I find myself thinking that I can do everything myself, and if I were to ask anyone for help I would be a bother to them. After being accepted, and maybe before even applying, I realized that I’m going to have to lay myself down and ask for support. You may be thinking, “Tucker, everyone has trouble asking for things from other people from time to time!” But the thing is, I absolutely loathe asking for things. When it comes to birthdays and holidays, I’m always the kid who says he wants nothing and means it. Even when it comes to asking my parents for things like lunch money, it takes me a solid 20 minutes to even get the nerve to approach them. So after a month of prayer and self-inspection, I’ve come to the conclusion that I am in fact prideful. Which is why it is so hard for me to write this next sentence. I need your help.
First and foremost, I need your prayers. As my brothers and sisters in Christ, I really would love it if you were to keep me in your prayers this next year or so. I think that prayer is one of the best things in the world, and it so happens that it is one of my favorite things to do. One of my favorite pieces of scripture says, “My words will be a fire in your mouth.” (Albeit this is a little out of context, but my mom says the whole verse is a little harsh. If you want the whole context read Jeremiah 5:14) It is from this verse that I find my authority in my words and prayers as a Christian, our prayers have powers. From this power is where I find joy in knowing that my fellow believers are praying for me; it gives the hope and power to get out of bed every morning to pursue the Lord. But here comes the part of the blog that absolutely plunges my heart in turmoil, I also need your help financially. The best way that you can do this is by sending me a donation, and words cannot describe how much this would mean to me. Just the other day, a friend of mine told me that they were saving money to donate to me, and I broke out into tears. Just a penny would bring me the upmost joy. So if you are called to donate that’s great! If you are not called to donate that’s great as well! Either way, I would like to ask that you would keep me and my family in your prayers as we walk the path of me achieving my dream of being a missionary!
Love and Blessings,
Tucker Stevens
P.S. This is the second draft of this post, primarily due to my wifi being sketchy and deleting my first draft as I tried to post it. Just know, it was not fun to write it the first time, and it was definitely not fun the second time.
