Remember when God provides

I have a letter on my wall at school. It is the letter that I sent out to family and friends to ask for support and prayer for the trip which begins in 2 days. There is a little note that I wrote to myself. It says, "remember when God provides". And He has! I found out today that someone came in to the offices today and made an annonymous donation to pay the remaining amount of my account. All I have to say now is, THANKS! When I started this journey, I had no clue how this was going to be paid for and saw no way that it could be payed with only my work. AND, that is exactly where God wanted me to be. I was in a place where I litterally could not afford to do this trip on my own work. I cannot take pride in anything I did, it was literally all God. My aunt told me when I started this trip that if this is a journey that God will use to stretch my faith, that the money will probably come in at the last minute. And it did come in even after I thought it wouldn't come in. God is awesome like that! He will provide! I just want to say thank you to all of you who have prayed, given financial support, and read my blog to check up and pray for the needs of the team. I pray that God will bless you so much! It has been so humbling to see all the people who have supported me during this process and kept me going when I wasn't sure if this was what I should be doing. In so many ways, you are going to India as well. You are ministering to the kids and directly sharing hope to those who are far from God. Thank you! You all really have become hope to those.


ps. Pictures and blogs about my trip will come in about 2 weeks after I return and there will be more information about other trips to come, like my May trip to South Africa! Love you all!

What's next....

I am so excited for what is next to come.  I was able to help the team 1 group from Charlotte get on their way this past Saturday night.  It is just so incredible how God is moving in each person's life.  Many of us are just following God, but do not know an exact reason.  It is time in our life to serve.  It is time for the church in general to serve their community and their world.  It is time to get real and stop letting pride, finances, or personal fears stop us from rising up and changing the world.  My psalm for this week and last has been reverberating in my mind.  Psalm 98:   Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.  The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.  He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;  all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

I want to thank all of you who have kept me in your prayers.  Financially, I am only $355 away from finishing the rest.  I'm ready to go and really excited.  The first team has got me excited and I know that there is an amazing group of people going, ready to do this!  I don't know what to say.  I am struck by how blessed I am to have such an amazing group of people in my life and friends who keep my going and accountable.  What happens in the next 3 weeks is all an extension of you.  Thank you and I love you all so much!