To reserve my spot for Ethiopia I have to turn in a deposit of $300; that's a lot of money for a person who barely makes enough to pay rent. I laid out my wool (so to speak) by telling the Lord if He provided the money, He intends for me to go, if the trip fills up before I come up with the money, then I'm simply not supposed to go. Well, last week on my way to my guy friends' house after work I received a phone call from my dad & he told me that he had an envelope with my name on it. It was a letter from two people who have made a huge impact on my life since my dad adopted me; earlier that week I had written to them about what has been going on in my life currently & to share with them how God was transforming not only myself, but also His & mine adventure. My dad read me the letter & I was so filled with joy of their kind & inspiring words! Then my dad asked, "Well, don't you want to know what came with it?" I didn't really want to because their words were enough, but they blessed me with $200 to go toward saving my spot for Ethiopia! I know you may be thinkin' it's not the whole $300, but I actually have the last $100 sitting in my small treasure box. The year I graduated from high school, my Grandma Rosie passed away & 7 months before her, my Pops passed away; my aunt was in charge of their finances & after I graduated she told me to take the $100 as a gift from my grandparents. I have held onto that $100 & haven't planned on spending it because it means a lot to me, but God laid on my heart that it was time & that Ethiopia was something my grandparents would want me to spend it on. So guys. . .I AM ETHIOPIA BOUND! Thank you so much for your prayers & your impact on my life. I can never express how truly grateful to the Lord I am for you.
I wanted to end by giving praise to God for Costa Rica too! I am just full of beautiful God stories from last week, but for this post I just wanted to share some updates on missions stuff. Last week I was provided with $100 from a cousin of mine (I wrote about it in a previous post), but two days later I received a beautiful letter from my auntie. She wrote,
"Abigail - Short & sweet, but hope your dreams come true - keep taking those 'steps' as God plays your life's music. . ."
She wrote a little more, but this was my favorite part! It touched my heart & she hit the nail on the head with the perfect description. . .God is playing my life's music. How beautiful is that? I love my auntie, I love my entire family! ha ha I have about $1,400 left for Costa Rica. . .I know God is going to provide & I have faith in Him; it's definitely difficult because I have so little time to raise that amount, but PLEASE PLEASE be praying :). He is always faithful! Look at how He has provided thus far. . .I went a week without any progress & within 3 days I had close to $200 to put toward Costa Rica! Another thing God has been providing is extra hours at work! It's exhausting, but worth it because I know that is God's way of providing & blessing me. Praise Jesus!On top of all that, this past weekend was incredible; full of worship, fellowship with my soul sisters/ladies of God (who He calls my best friends), laughter, prayer. . .a.k.a. BLESSINGS! I'll share more about it in the next post! The following verse was sent to me in a random letter I received that included a financial blessing; impacted my life & I will never forget it. . .so to you who did that (if you read this), thank you from the pit of my heart. You have no idea how much your inspiring words & verses & your generous blessing impacted my life. . .I can never ever thank you enough. Hopefully God will express my gratefulness for you :)
"& God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." -2 Corinthians 9:8
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