Hello Everyone!
This is the first time I am writing on a weekly basis. I have found a good time to do it in the evening just before going to bed. So, now Tuesday is my "get stuff done" day. Normally that means I clean up my room, do my laundry, and help clean the house with everyone. This week, however, it meant that I do several weeks worth of laundry (there was no water for sometime, but that is another story), finish editing the Friday school movies, finish touching up the script for shooting Eric's teaching tomorrow, and write in the blog. Needless to say today was a busy day and it isn't done yet.
God has been really stretching me lately in the area of finance for the past couple of years. I always feel that I need to go do my part with a job. If God called me to a job that brought in an income then I would do it with all of my heart. Right now He is teaching me that He will provide for me even beyond what I could ever do for myself. We read the thirteenth chapter of Matthew this past Sunday (the parable of the sower). Verse 22 says, "The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful." The deceitfulness of wealth seems to be the idea that if I just had enough money then I could stop worrying. So, we worry about getting money so that we can stop worrying. Why not just cast our cares on Him who cares for us (1 Peter 5:7)?
To make a very long story short I have recently found out that God's children are awesome! I have a living cost of around $300 per month and I have around $800 in the Lifechangers account at the moment. That is so cool!
But, now I find that my plane ticket will cost around $1600 (actually $1635) There was one I found for $1500 but that would mean I couldn't take the second bag back for the soccer balls because it is a mixture of airlines and the last flight would only allow one bag for free. Anyway, I find myself in another uncomfortable situation. I ask that you please pray carefully for me as I take the necessary steps to acquiring the money for these tickets.
You should know that the tickets are needed for two reasons: 1) I need to get home for my older sister's wedding, and 2) my visa is going to expire in August, but we can request an extension if I have a ticket home. The departure date is September 23 and I will be returning to Uganda October 7.
The bottom line is that I need help. I know that really my help comes from the LORD the maker of heaven and earth, but perhaps you could pray along side me as we watch God do something cool with the children he loves.
The financial resources that God entrusts to us can be used to teach us a great deal. Please don't give to help me just because you feel sorry for me or something like that. There are plenty of other much worthier things to give God's money to. I remember a time when I was first working and saving for my first car God prompted me to give $500 to two different organizations. That was almost all of the money I had saved for my car. I still don't know why I needed to give it to those two organizations. I knew the money wasn't really mine so I allowed God to bless someone through me. If you feel prompted to let God bless someone through you be sure you pray about where He wants that money to go. We are all being shaped into good citizens of the kingdom of God. For me at this time it is trusting God for something which I cannot take for myself. I have to learn to receive from the Father who knows how to give good gifts to His children. At other times in my life it was learning how to freely give what he had given to me. Whatever phase God has you in I pray that you continually surrender into Him.
I'm sorry that so much of this update is about money. Now that I have got this off of my chest I'm going to try and not worry about it anymore. Next week's update should be good. We are going to watch the Friday school movies on Friday, we are starting shooting for Eric's thing tomorrow, and we are hoping to do some more experimenting with film this Thursday. The boys are really getting into the filming so I think I'm going to teach them some combat stuff when we have a chance. There might be some action movies appearing on here in the future. There are so many things I could talk about, but I don't want to waste anymore of your time, so I'll save it for next week. See you later!
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