Overwhelmed

For the first time in a long time I feel as if I have too much news for this update. It is a nice change from feeling as if I have nothing to say, but I am afraid I will miss so much. But I will hit the high points.

Ever since I started fundraising the one thing I wanted to do was speak to my church. SLFUMC is responsible for so many wonderful things in my life and I truly believe that they are a huge reason why I even got to MCYM. I wanted everyone there to know about this journey and to feel some ownership in it. I wanted them to share in my passion. But for a long time I felt like it was never gonna happen. And then on Pentecost Sunday it did happen, and it was greater than I could have ever imagined.

God has to remind me a lot that His timing is greater than mine. And you would think that after Him teaching me that lesson over and over that sooner or later I would catch on. But I haven't yet, and I can almost promise that "His timing" will be a recurring theme on here. Anyway all that being said, speaking at Pentecost was perfectly timed and once again, I learned the same lesson.

It was amazing. MCYM had sent me a great informational DVD that I loved so much I burned 200 copies of it. I made 200 brochures to give out, and I tried to prepare for the big talk. I never imagined that the 3 and a half minutes I was given to speak could be such a blessing to this mission. What I am trying to say is that I think we may have done it. My church family jumped behind this mission with more enthusiasm than I could have ever fathomed. And without speaking too soon, it looks as though I am at a point where I can buy my plane ticket.

I talked to Germany this week and was told the ball would begin rolling. I need to be there by July 31st-August 1st. I am getting a packet of stuff, including a driving manual to get my Europe drivers license. And it looks as if next week I will be purchasing a plane ticket.

I am overwhelmed in a good way. It is funny, but I guess I never got to think about actually going because I couldn't see past the fundraising. I am still in a little bit of shock. But I want to thank everyone who has gotten involved. I feel as if I can take no credit for this so I give all of that to God and to you, my wonderful supporters. I am so beyond blessed.

Next week I will let you know about the ticket. That is what seems to make it all real.

And camp just started for all our kids in Europe so keep them in your prayers so that they can see God moving, the way He's been moving around here.