Saturday, June 19, 2010

Breifing: $60,000 in 2 Days?

So this afternoon, my team and I gathered in a room, and we discussed our financial situation. After all the support raised by the 40 staff and students going to Hawaii was tallied up, we were told that the team as a whole is $60,000 short of our goal before leaving on Sunday. Even though I had my support raised, I still very much am burdened by this amount. The thought of some of my teammates, who I've just met care for strongly, having to be sent back home saddens my heart, and I cannot believe that it would happen. My next thoughts were that God desires for us to glorify Him, and with such a daunting amount as this, it would be no less than by God's complete grace that we will be able to achieve this goal. Throughout the rest of the afternoon, and as late as people could, I witnessed halls filled with teammates and staff on their phones, calling whoever they can to get support sent in. It seemed that every conversation I heard ended with a grateful "thank you" and a short sigh of relief. By the end of the night, many people who had started out with $1000 or less had doubled or tripled their amount. I can only imagine that such an unexpected amount as this can only be a test of faith. As I witness others with nothing but a cell phone in hand raise thousands dollars in a matter of a two hours, I see God answering prayers and faith being rewarded. I pray now for God's grace to be upon us all, that by His grace he would allow us to make it to Hawaii together.

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