"God Has Lots of Money!"

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Spain is where God wants me for the next four months. He has opened so many doors that it just amazes me.

His latest work: my part of the Hands-On funding is due tomorrow, and for the last couple of months, I have to admit, I have been a little bit stressed about being able to come up with enough. I have been saving as much as possible from waiting tables, but the plans to run a basketball camp fell through, and that left a hole in my budgeting.

My mom told me about an incident where brother's college roommate, Kossi, was encouraging a ministry group struggling financially, and one of his comments had been "God has lots of money!" And while it was meant to lighten the mood whenever Mom would say it to me... its so true! She called me a few days ago and told me that the mission committee at my home church in Bartlesville was able to donate a very generous amount to my Spain trip. I was so excited about that! It really took some stress off of me.

Then yesterday I received an email letting me know the amount of money that has been donated just since I mailed out the letters a few weeks ago... and it was SO overwhelming! Everyone has been so generous. I know I shouldn't have been worried in the first place, because God is SO good.

Thank you, everyone, for your prayers and gifts. It means more to me than you know.

Praise be to Him!

Preparing for Spain!

Hey everybody! This is my very first blog and my very first post, so please bear with me! Hopefully they'll get a little more savvy as time goes on.

I am headed for Spain, leaving August 17th at 10:30 a.m. from the Tulsa airport. I am so very excited, but also a tiny bit nervous. I would really appreciate everyone's prayers especially these next six months or so, as our team prepares, travels, and gets things going!

I am one of two Hands-On team members, and there are three Journeyman who will be in the same location while I am there as well. We all hope to just be able to spread the joy of the Lord to the people of Spain through our love and actions!

Please pray specifically for 1) the people of Spain, that they will be open to hearing His word, 2) our team and supervisors, that God's love will flow through us and that we will be spiritually fed, too, 3) the IMB staff and everyone who has helped financially to give us these opportunities.

I'll try to keep this updated, so be sure to check back periodically!

Much love.