Hello friends, 

What the Lord is teaching me 

Today, as I sit on my couch in my grandparents' company, all I can think about is God’s goodness. I don’t think I have stopped thinking about it since I applied for this mission trip.  

Time and time again this year God has shown me His goodness, even in the midst of heartache, stress, anxiety, loneliness and busyness. To be truthful, those hard moments have been the most evident of God’s goodness to me. I have never felt closer and more aware of who God is and yet I still feel as though I have only scratched the surface. I want to know Him more, grow closer to Him, and serve Him all the rest of my days. This life is not for me, but it’s to make His name great because He is our good good Father.  

Fundraising  

Right now, I am just a few thousand dollars away from being fully funded before I have even stepped foot out of the country. My prayer for the last three months has been that the Lord would provide and I would be fully funded before the trip. This way, I can be completely focused on the mission that will be in front of me. For a while, although I never doubted the Lord’s ability to provide, I started to wonder if my goal lined up with what God had planned for me. The Lord put a calling on the hearts of the people in my life and I am so thankful for their obedience and partnership. I am so thankful for the Lord’s provision. As He has and continues to answer these prayers with the funding of this mission trip, I have become overwhelmed by how this mission trip is becoming more of a reality every day (the good kind of overwhelmed). I cannot wait to see all that God does through this mission trip especially seeing all that he has already done in the last four months.  

… until next time friends!