Moved by Love and Support

Photo by Gita Andreina

It has been a month now since I've started fund raising for my mission training in Atlanta, and though there has been some low points, I'm always incredibly uplifted when I see the love and support that I have received! I'm in awe by how some people have just stood beside me and prayed with and for me, also the people that have been sending in their financial support.

I can't even put into proper words how loved I feel. I find myself tearing up every time I find that someone has decided to send me money, or has just stated that they want to support me in any way. These people that I have done nothing for, that owe me nothing, have decided to be a part of the mission that I am going on and support me, it truly truly is heart warming to be standing in the middle of what feels like a storm of love and selfless giving. 

Last week our chruch's worship leader and his wife, whom have been a great blessing in my life through both example and encouragement, came to me saying that they wanted to show their support by helping me hold a bake sale! So on Saturday afternoon, I went over to their house with my KCCC disciple Reina, and we started on baking cookies. We spent the whole afternoon until early evening their having great fellowship and working on some peanut butter cookies and chocolate cookies. By the end of Saturday we had ourselves about 100 heart-stoppingly stunning cookies. Props to the lady of the house who did most of the work (Reina n I just rolled the cookies into balls). 

The next day, Sunday, I was invited to talk in front of our congregation and share my testimony and also share my mission plan to invite the congregation to be a part of the ministry both through prayer and through financial support. I talked and enjoyed myself (a little too much... a little too long...), and with fearless audacity(or chutzpah, some would call it) I shared all that I felt God wanted me to. 

After service we finally got out the cookies on a small table and opened a box of donations. Like all most sales that happen at our church it was not a marathon but a sprint! Within the first 15 minutes 75% of the cookies were gone, and the congregation was eager to stuff in donations into the donation box. Many of them came to me to tell me how encouraged they were by God's calling on my life, and that they will be praying for me. People who I thought didn't even know my name!

We managed to sell all but 6 cookies by the end of the day! If we had sold all the cookies according to the price we set, we were supposed to get 200.000won, but after counting it all up, we were able to get 278.000won! It was a beautiful thing to see the congregation come together in that way. 

My spirits have been lifted so much by the show of support this past week. Praise God. I know He will continue to work in this way. And I hope that we can continue to come together to support this mission!