100%

I have reached 100% for support! Praise God! I am so thankful for his provision through this all!

Thank you so much to all of you who have so generously support me, and more importantly, Kingdom work! I am so excited for what God is going to do this summer.

If you haven't received a prayer letter in the mail, you will shortly. This is exams week, so I am afraid that a few letters may not get sent out until next Friday. (Most of them are on their way though!)

I will keep you updated as I get ready to go! Praise the Lord with me for His provision! Thank you so much for your support and prayers!

Only $200 More!

Dear friends,

I am so excited! I only have $200 to go! I am so close! I am very confident that it will come in. I purchased my tickets to Atlanta today. From Atlanta, I go to pre-field training in South Carolina, followed by the much-anticipated flight to Acapulco! I am getting so excited!

I will be sending out a prayer later to you all soon! I hope you are well! Here's a sunset view from my window for your viewing pleasure...

Support Update!

Hey friends!

Wow, the Lord is just providing left and right! I am now at $5,690 out of approximately $6,300. Whew! This is great!

To share a little bit from everyday life: some good family friends, the Bosgrafs, are in town and we're going to grab lunch together today! I am so excited! :)

I hope you are all well.

I'll leave you with some verses that struck me last night (from Psalm 147):
9 He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call.

10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of a man;

11 the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.

5K + April = not a good thing

This last weekend was the Mountain Top 5K! My boyfriend caught me in a moment of weakness a few days beforehand and (not in my right mind) I signed up. Haha. Josh and I run together occasionally, but I was in no way ready for this “race.” I put “race” in quotation marks because I don’t think I was moving fast enough to consider myself racing.

Josh promised to run one lap with me. Unknown to him, this year the whole race was only one lap. Hehe! However, I decided to be nice and I let him off the hook to run with the guys. I definitely run slower when he’s not with me, but that’s okay. He came back after he finished to run with me. (That’s how much slower I am! Ha!) I finished and drank large quantities of Poweraid. Haha. That night, I allowed myself all the dessert my little heart desired, since I had obviously burnt a HUGE amount of calories in my run. Haha. It was a nice thought.

Well, support raising for my summer in Mexico is going wonderfully. I am now at $5,050 out of $6,263. God is providing! Not only that, but I have at least $600 of verbal pledges coming in. God is so faithful! Please continue to pray that He will provide for the gap in tuition still left for next year. He always has. :)

You know, it is so great to be alive. I am really tired from a crazy weekend, but God is just SO good! I hope you are all well!

He is Faithful!

Well, friends, I have wonderful news!

I am at about 61% of what I am trying to raise. We're getting so close! I have a lot of verbal pledges that haven't come in yet as well, so I am feeling very good about this all!

Just for a peak into me, here’s a little bit of free verse that came spilling out. It’s nothing impressive as far as poetry goes, but I think it communicates what I was feeling and what the Lord was showing me! :)

“Context”

“You are weak, so weak”
The truth beats against me like an angry wave
“You are a failure, you are so dirty, you are broken”
More truth stings my face like a slap
But no truth should be spoken out of context

Weak, yes, but Strong in Him
Failure, yes, but He doesn’t judge me by my success
Dirty, yes, but washed by His blood
Broken, yes, but He’s holding me together
He is the context,
The constant, concrete context

I am because He is.
He rose so I could live.
Context.
It makes a world of difference; it pieces my life back together.

He is the context that all that I am is forever wrapped up in.
Everything makes so much more sense in Context.
In Context, broken glass is beautiful,
The shards of me reflecting His light
My Context.
They may not understand the Context, but they cannot take me out of my Context.
United with Christ has a deeper meaning.
Christ is my Context.

Sunshine

Hmm, it has just been lovely here on the mountain lately! I love it in the spring. The breeze was beautiful today and the sun was shining. It was a little cool, but that made for perfect running weather.

This weekend is the Leadership Conference. Since I'm working as an RA next year, that means my Saturday is full of seminars. Hey, I know they'll be great - I just will miss having Saturday to get my homework done. (Speaking of which, I need to get to my homework tonight!)

Support is getting there. I continue to make calls and have great conversations. I am nearing 50%. Whew. I'm just thankful that this is all in His hands! It's hard work. :)

Getting There!

Well friends,

I'm happy to report that I'm getting close to 40%. Please keep praying. I have about three weeks before I'm supposed to have 100%, so it's crunch time. Life is pretty crazy around here, between support raising and regular school stuff. HOWEVER, God is faithful! I know it's all going to be okay!

Easter Weekend was wonderful. The Lord definitely had me specifically in mind with Easter morning Sunday School. It was a much needed reminder of where my strength and my hope is: my Savior.

I hope you are all doing well!

Another Update!

Wow, circumstances can change quickly! Thanks to a lot of generosity, I am now at a little over 35%!Praise God!

I am headed home with my boyfriend to Augusta, GA for Easter weekend. I am really looking forward to the long weekend. I hope all of you have a wonderful time of remembering what our Savior did for us - and being reminded of what it means to follow that same Savior everyday. (Plus, I hope you enjoy the beautiful weather!)