Okay, so you've hung in there with me through my 7 months of fundraising for our Russia trip. I have got to report the good news.
From the get-go, I felt God say, "You will pay only a tithe [for the trip] and My people will send the rest."
He guided every aspect, from providing me with a love for crafting wreaths to sell, soup to make, a daughter who wrote and mailed out about 70 campaign letters, a care group who worked very hard to help bring in a lot of money, people who donated good stuff for my eBay ventures --and some customers were overtly Chirstian!, a homeschooling community in need of lots of books that I don't anymore, and a springtime birthday/early summer graduation where gifts have come in for Sarah (which she has donated to the fund). I'm probably forgetting another source or two.
Well, folks, remember how much I needed originally? $6,000.
Guess how much God we've raised? $5,400.
I'm no math whiz, but I think I figured it out that the difference is $600. Exactly a tithe (10%) left for us to come up with.
I stand amazed. Glory to God!
Woohoo!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, Zo. That's great. I'm excited for you guys to go! What a life changing time it will be for sure.
ReplyDeletehow awesome! thanks for sharing that great news.
ReplyDeleteGod is so cool. I love it when He tells us the amazing stuff He is going to do ahead of time and then we get to watch it unfold...
ReplyDeleteI am glad you blogged it... Always good to document God's faithfulness... we forget so easily.
That is awesome!!!!!!! How incredible. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI think now you need to blog about the amazing gift we got after church yesteryday! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy for you guys! What a testimony you have, and you haven't even left the States!
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