This week is monumental for each and every one of us here in the AWAKEN school. Ken Helser is here speaking on the father heart of God. And as it stands finances are due Thursday. We had a generosity day. We as a school gathered and began to pray for money as we worshiped God. Put a list of all the money needed for each team on a white board. Over $100,00 is needed for the school. Than we began to give what we had to each other. Money, clothes, books, electronics, and words of encouragement. Over $10,000 was received today. My team needed $14,000 this morning and we have knocked it down to about $10,000! If that isn't a blessing, than I don't know what is! I personally still need $3,000 and I am helping to lead this team, ha ha; I have full faith that it will come in. Isaiah 41:9-10 comes to my mind as I look back on today! May I cherish that passage as I look onward to my future. No matter what, God is with me! If you want to donate to me or my team, here is a link. And I will make sure the money goes towards a worthy cause, bringing love and truth to the Middle East! http://www.uofnkona.edu/support/missionaries/5971
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Hello friends and family! Gosh I cant begin to express how grateful I am to be here walking with these amazing men and women of God. I am learning so much, as I begin to overcome my past I get to help others do the same. In 1 month I will be taking a team of 11 into the Middle East to do kingdom work! To spread love, build relationship, and partake in mercy ministry. I am still in need of $3,000. I need it in 2 weeks. Please help me go on this journey and be apart of how my life and the lives of others change all for the better!
Below is the link to my support page. Where you can donate money to me and through my missions account all donations become tax deductible! http://www.uofnkona.edu/support/missionaries/5971 May God bless you and keep you for all of your days! What is this feeling that is in my heart? This understanding that life is worth more than my frivolous attempts to live for myself. I truly believe that Christ has changed my life. He has done for me what I could not do for myself. More than saving me from eternal death God has entered my heart and shown me a new way to live! Now some of you may think that I am living a life based on religion. Yet I must convey that it is not a manual that I follow but a personal relationship that I have invested in. I trust in Jesus, His perfection, His power, His grace!
Believe me when I say that I did not run away from my problems. I have desperately ran towards the solution. The only thing that I knew could save me from myself. I know how lost I was. I know how broken I was. Unable to remain sober. Unable to hold an upstanding job. Unable to man up and take responsibility. I had no hope. All I could see were my mistakes. One day I awoke with an understanding, that I am valuable. That I am not my sin. That I do not have to live an unfulfilling life. That understanding only came from God. He opened my eyes. He showed me the burden I carried and offered me His; saying that His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. My personal experiences have proven to me that God is real. I can not express to you enough the peace that I feel. I once was lost but now I am found. With the grace given to me through the redemption I received by Christ choosing to die on the cross, I can now live! All that to get to this point. God is far from done with me. I have much more to learn. I have much more to laydown. I have felt so much conviction over these past few days about how I can constantly be doing better. Being adequate is not even an option when you realize the degree to which you are held accountable. There is more I can do. There are better ways for me to lead. I can always set a better example. Yet with this revelation comes the understanding I can not do it on my own. I never could. I must rely on God to show me the way. Leaning in to Him is far better than being left to my own devices! Ok, I can't even begin to express how blessed I feel. I mean in 3 months I will be over seas with the best team ever, one I happen to be co-leading with 2 very strong people. I am on this team of 11 people and all of them are becoming grounded in their faith and gaining the ability to share with others the love that they carry. I do not understand why God is so cool, but let me just tell you; He is!
The guys and gals on my team are all diligently acquiring the finances needed for this trip. As a whole, we are in need of $27,000 more. That doesn't concern me at all. Why? Well it is simple, I live by this simple truth. If it is Gods will, it becomes His bill! You may think I am crazy for this belief but let me tell you what crazy is really like. Over 1 year ago I left home to come to YWAM. I acquired my plane ticket 10 hours before leaving because my Pastor believed in me! I came with $300 in my pocket to do a school that cost 10 grand. All the money was raised. Yet, God had other plans. I didn't go on outreach, rather I jumped right into a 2nd DTS which cost another $5,000. Again, all money was raised. I went to India and then when I got back, instead of going home God opened the door for me to stay and be trained up to be a leader. Now I have been able to pay rent and live on this YWAM base for almost a year. Still I am in need of money. But I know God will come through. The point of this is for me to express a burning on my heart. GOD IS REAL. HE IS MORE REAL than you or I could begin to understand. I wont argue with you if you do not believe me. It is not I who works in your heart to help you see the truth. It is God himself. I love Him. Jesus has become my biggest role model. He is my savior. More importantly He is my Lord! We are all slaves to something. Whether it be greed, success, adrenaline, or drugs and alcohol. So I choose to be a slave to righteousness. For those who live their lives for themselves will surely die. But those who die to themselves now will surely live in the end! |
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