I would just like to take this time to thank all of you! To those who have contributed financially--I thank you for your generosity and your availability to help provide my means for this trip. I thank God for equipping you with the finances! I thank you all for keeping this process in prayer! It is such a blessing to hear those words "I am praying for you!" I cannot express how much they mean to me! I've gotten a few phone calls, letters, words, comforts!! From all over and I thank you all for the support system--for the Body of Christ that we are!
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that so easily slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race Goid has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith...." Hebrews 12:1-2a
Monday, December 28, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Meeting the second deadline =]
Yesterday was the deadline for another 500$ deposit.
I started the day with just a little over 100$ in my account. I had just sent out support letters less than a week previously and was wondering if anyone would respond that quickly.
Matthew 6:19-34
"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is.
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
So don't worry about these things, saying 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."
I started the day with 100$...and ended with more than enough to meet the 500$ deposit.
God provides. He is faithful. He works on His time, not ours--to show us that it truly is Him at work and its by nothing that we can do.
I'd like to thank you all again for supporting me and just being the body of Christ! God is working through you and I am so thankful for your willingness to let him move!
In Christ
Katie
so far: 702$
I started the day with just a little over 100$ in my account. I had just sent out support letters less than a week previously and was wondering if anyone would respond that quickly.
Matthew 6:19-34
"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is.
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life--whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
So don't worry about these things, saying 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."
I started the day with 100$...and ended with more than enough to meet the 500$ deposit.
God provides. He is faithful. He works on His time, not ours--to show us that it truly is Him at work and its by nothing that we can do.
I'd like to thank you all again for supporting me and just being the body of Christ! God is working through you and I am so thankful for your willingness to let him move!
In Christ
Katie
so far: 702$
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Payment Schedule
November 2, 2009
$150 deposit and commitment card
December 2, 2009
Additional $500
January 13, 2009
1/2 remaining balance due
February 17, 2010
Final balance due
so far: $162
$150 deposit and commitment card
December 2, 2009
Additional $500
January 13, 2009
1/2 remaining balance due
February 17, 2010
Final balance due
so far: $162
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