ALMOST HALFWAY FUNDED!
It's a little over three months away and I am almost half way funded. The generosity of the people who I have called upon to support me has been immense! People from my home church, relatives, and friends have given what they can. Everyday I run to my mail box after classes and continue to receive more donations. Each time I smile like a little girl on Christmas day.
"God is going to provide" has been my mantra. and he sure has!
Last week was my birthday and I celebrated by booking my flight. Its starting to feel real, with every step I get closer to leaving I feel this sense of overwhelming joy building inside of me. I imagine it feeling like being pregnant and waiting 9 months to meet the baby you have growing inside of you. I only have to wait 3 more months to meet the family and place I will call home for 2 months. To walk the streets of the place I have been dreaming of going to for years. To help the sick! To begin my work fighting aids!
I've spent the last week running around trying to figure out where I'm going to live next year. I've worried about closet space, kitchen sizes, bedroom layouts, and number of bathrooms. But how fortunate am I to even get the choice in where I live. To be able to have a flushing toilet. To have a roof over my head. If the world has taught me anything so far, its that the stress we have is much greater than the reality surrounding us. Stress is deceiving and poisonous. My god, he takes my stress away and fills me to the brim with joy. God is going to provide.
If you are reading this and you have donated, thank you so much. The people of Tanzania need our help, and you have done just this through your donation.
If you are reading this and wonder how you could help me but maybe don't have money, please pray for me. Please pray for my mission and the people I will be living with and my preparations for going.
If you are interested in donating http://www.myprojectsabroad.org/fundraising/56164. Use password "iALRDW".
Until the next time,
Sarah
