A Very Thankful Thursday

A very  Happy Thankful Thursday to you!

Today I am thankful that I can say

 I am officially 100% supported!

Boom.

Done.

I was praying even before I started raising support back in June

that it would some how be different than last year.

{last year was horrible

 and I DID NOT want to experience that again}

And when I say pray I mean I was pleading with God

that He would bring in all I need before my 

September 1st deadline.

In fact to make things interesting,

 I decided I wanted to finish the day before my deadline.

On August 31st.

I look back on how He brought in all my support last year

when things were looking nothing but grim 

and I know God is more than capable.

He can to this.

About a week ago

I only had a little more left to raise.

But at the rate things were happening

it was looking more and more like 

I would probably finish a few days after my deadline.

I decided to be happy about that

because even though it wasn't the 31st,

at least I would be finishing before campus stuff started.

Last Thursday night I couldn't sleep.

{pretty standard when raising support}

so naturally I got up and worked on support.

I checked my email and went over my numbers.

I redid some of my math and ended up changing a couple things.

I then added in some new support I saw come in when I went through my email

and then literally out of no where I was staring at this...

 I knew I had to have made a mistake somewhere.

{numbers are not my thing}

I went back and did the math 3, 4, 5 more times

but I kept getting the same result.

And just like that I was done with support.

I looked at the time and it was 1:47am

Friday, August 31st. 

The day before my deadline.

{I'm thinking God was laughing right along with me at this point}

By 1:48am this is precisely what was happening,

tears of joy.

Today,

I am thankful for each and every prayer 

that God answered so specifically.

{there are too many to count}

I am thankful for all God has taught me

through having to raise support this summer.

I am thankful that He has used this time

 to prepare me for what He has in store this coming year.

{in life & in ministry}

 I am thankful that God has been

 {and continues to be}

 extremely faithful and gracious 

and though I don't deserve any of it,

He once again brought in every cent that I needed.

I am extremely thankful

for each and every person on my support team.

I am thankful for your steps of faith to partner with me

and walk alongside me through this next year.

You each mean the world to me

and I can't wait to see how the Lord is going to use you and your support

to change lives.

And I am so stinking thankful that I can finally say...

peace out, so long, sayonara to support,

and hello to full time campus ministry!

What are you thankful for today?....