Wow, project officially starts tomorrow and already it's been sooo crazy. These months since getting accepted and getting support letters out and raising support and everything has been just amazing. Before today I had $3970 dollars of support out of the $4100 needed. That in itself is a testament to God working. I mean support has poured in this last week like I could have never imagined jumping from $2000 dollars last friday to $3970. God was working in the hearts of people to give what they could to make this project happen. Thank you all so much for all the prayers and supporting me financially! And to wrap things up, today was probably the craziest and sums up this whole support raising time. Where would that last $130 dollars come from??
So this afternoon I went to go get the mail in anticipation to receive some more checks that would round up the rest of the support. I get the mail, and there were no checks. My heart sank. What was I to do now. To give context, from when I applied to summer project, I didn't want to accept any money from my parents to show them that God would take care of me and His faithfulness. I mean, I'm thankful that my parents support me as I go and want to support me financially as well but I knew I didn't want to take their money. Throughout the process they told me that they would just spot whatever I didn't raise and I would always be like, uh we'll see...
It's the day before project starts and I'm short $130. It's not a ton of money but it put me in a strange position. Should I ask my parents for that $130? Should I pay out of my pocket (which is essentially the same thing as asking my parents)? Should I see what Campus Crusade could do? Should I make more phone calls and try to get more support? All these thoughts came up but I had to go to a dentist appointment and then my parents office to copy some stuff so I put them in the back of my head. When I was driving home from my parents office I was at a crossroads. I was going to call my sister Helen to seek her advice but instead just started praying. I saw that part of me didn't see how the support could come in at this point. But then, I remembered, this is God. He is all powerful. He can do anything. So, I just asked God to pull through in a way that only He could, just trusting in Him. I got home and I played some PS2.
While I was playing, I text my sister Nancy to tell her that we go over our cell phone minutes too much, should text when possible, and to see how her missions stuff was coming along. She responded and asked also if her boyfriend could still give to project and how much I had left. I told her her boyfriend could still support and that I had $130 left. Not really expecting anything, my sister then responded saying her boyfriend was gonna give the $130 to bring it to $4100 exactly. WOW!!! What an answered prayer right there! I mean, crazy! God pulled through in a way that was totally all Him.
What a way to start project. All support has come in and God is truly faithful. All along I knew it was gonna come in, and when my faith wavered, God remained to bring it back to His glory. I'm super excited to go, to be challenged, to grow, to serve and to see God glorified. He's gonna do some awesome things this trip. He already has and it hasn't even begun.
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