Around the fire, I was talking about how I felt like a drug addict when I fund-raise for missions trips. Because last year I sold my kiln and pottery wheel to make the last $500 I needed to go to Mexico.
It was sort of a joke. I have no doubt that I can raise the money this year (even though the price went up). But this morning at church Luke gave me some money that he made. He told me to put it toward my trip so I wouldn't have to sell anything else. Luke is great.
The other day a friend asked me if I wanted to run for Haiti H2O. I would have to raise a hundred bucks. At first I said no, because I'm already giving up buying good coffee to save money for Mexico, what more did God want?
But if Luke can trust God to pay for his trip and help out other people at the same time, why can't I?
God is bigger than the money it takes to go to Mexico. And he gives us the strength to do more than we ever thought possible.
It's hard when raising money for a trip to trust God and not take all the responsibility upon ourselves, but that's exactly what God wants from us. It's like that movie about the nuns and the guy who's car breaks down. They actually trusted God for everything. And God provided.
It's a really good old movie, "Lilies of the Field". You should watch it.
Also I'm running for Haiti H2O. So it would be cool if you could pray and stuff.
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