I Will Be Getting Plane Tickets on Monday!

Hello all.

I am thrilled to announce that I had two surprise donations today and I made it just past the $2,200 needed to secure my continued spot on the team!!! The plan is that we will get all our plane tickets booked on Monday. Talk about a cutting it close!

I am so thankful for this new sign that I am supposed to be going to China. I was starting to feel like maybe I should back out. We have had some people join our team, and I thought maybe I was not needed anymore, and that was why my funding would not come through. I told God last night that if He wanted me to back out, I would. I knew it would be sad and hard, but I want to follow God where He leads and not get so stuck in one direction that I miss a turn I am supposed to make. A few years back God led me to pursue something difficult and competitive. I did and I made it. However, once I got there, circumstances I could not forsee led me to give it up after much prayer. I was confused as to why my all-knowing God had led me to a dead end, but I trusted Him. It was only recently that He showed me that some lessons are learned in the pursuit of something, not in the total completion. He reminded me of Abraham, led to the top of a mountain and brought within seconds of sacrificing his son, but stopped right before. (You can read the story for yourself in Genesis 22) I am thanking God tonight for turning yesterday's tears of sorrow into today's happy tears.

Prayer Points:

• Major thanks that the needed money came in!
• That the remaining needed money will also come in at the needed time.
• That our upcoming weekly team meetings will be well attended, helpful, and bonding.
• That the people in charge of flights will find the best ones for us.
• That we will all be protected from spiritual attacks.

Happy New Year everyone!! 2016 is already wonderful.

A candle my wonderful mom gave me years ago that says "just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." So thankful that just when I thought my trip to China was impossible, the way was made!