The Hard Part

When Justin, our trip leader, told me about the trip my heart said yes right away. And I didn't even know the dates or how much it cost. Common sense reigned me in. I started asking questions. I remember texting him and asking,
"Hummm...raising $3000 is the hard part". Is this the hard part?" He replied, "YOU CAN DO THIS!"
I smiled at his confidence in me. But really I hope it was his confidence in God to work through me.

When you dangle an African opportunity in front of my "hungry to serve" eyes and heart, yeah, I am going to bite every time. At least for this time being I will. The only reservation I had was raising the cold hard cash (for the record, I don't plan on finding any of the greenbacks in my freezer or trekking to the North Pole to retrieve it.)

Financial matters have always been a challenge for our family with my hubs' history of medical issues the entire length of our marriage. We literally have lived the "for-better-or-worse-parts" of our vows. And with his current health condition, him being on medical disability with his job and me working for a non-profit ministry, in my mind, raising $3000 was the hard part. God is asking me to trust Him in this.

I set to work and prayed immediately and declared that if God wanted me to go then the funds would come. Reassurance and peace came to my heart. Remember...this is the easy part. God has proved that to be true so far. My funding campaign has reached the half-way mark. And so far God has made it the easy part because He has prompted generous friends to come along side this mission with a purpose trip. I sent out some letters to some mission-minded friends and God has brought surprise after surprise. I am living Ephesians 3:20 that says, "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us." Just today I had a couple of unexpected gifts from some expectant hearts.

I just can't get over how creative God is. He is blowing my socks off. I have even found $40 cash in my coffee can. Now that's a gift of love and yes, God has made funding the trip easy so far. Swazi or BUST!

P.S. Thank yous to all who have contributed so far are coming in the next post. Read how my awesome friend Andy was blessed with a surprise gift of $500 in one phone call.

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