I also want take a special space to say a big Thank You to my anonymous donor from my church.  While I don’t know who you are, I am thankful that God does because I fully believe that you will be blessed as you have given unto the Lord.  Thank you so much!  So as of today, individual donations total $6070 in my account!!  That number completely blows me away! I am so excited for what God is doing!

For the past 5 years I have been running a book business online.  While I usually use these finances to live on, I have chosen to take everything that I make and give it to the World Race this year.  I am also accepting donations if you would like to clean out your bookcase!  Feel free to shoot me an email, I’ll even come do it for you ?  I have also taken up a full-time job working daily to raise money for the trip.

I am also trying to grow my photography business.  You can view my pictures HERE. In the next few weeks I will be posting pictures and prices.  All finances will go towards the Race.  If you see a picture you are already interested in, feel free to email me and I’ll get working on it right away!

The World Race is also partnering with another company to help us fundraise.  I am selling these wonderful World Race Shirts for only $20 each.  They have our specific Race route on it, listing each country.  They are a great means to remember our group in prayer, and join us in sharing God’s love with each of these countries.

Finally, I want to say a huge thank you to all of you prayer warriors who are hitting the floor for me and our team.  I cannot tell you how real God has shown himself so far, and I am so excited to see him continue to move.  I would love to continue to grow this group.  If any of you know any groups or churches who would like to hear about missions around the world, and what God is doing through the World Race, I would love to share with them!  If you know of any churches that would like to have a speaker come in for missions, I would love the opportunity!  I am free all summer until I leave, so feel free to shoot me an email if you know anyone interested.  I would really appreciate it.

I know this has been long, I am sorry I have not been more consistent in updating about finances.  I am going to try to be better ?  So total, as of today I have $6570 in my account!  I praise the Lord!!  The total cost of our trip is $13800, so I am right at half way there.  They will not send me out in August unless I have about $11000 in the account, so I still have a lot of work to do.  As always I am trusting the Lord, and remaining in a constant state of gratitude for everything ya’ll have done for me.  Thank you so much and I love each of you!!

I pray that this letter finds you and your family well during this wonderful season!  I hope that God is doing many wonderful things in your life, as He is in mine.  My time at Lee University is quickly drawing to a close and I am excitedly anticipating Gods next steps for me.  It is my desire to share with you what the Lord has laid on my heart for this next year.  I feel as though there is something deep within me that is longing to do missions work overseas.  I have a burden for those less fortunate than I am, and I am ready to lay what I have down to help them.  I feel as though these past 22 years have been a training process for me.  I have been taught so much spiritually from my family and my church, and have learned incredible things at school, and now I feel like the Spirit is whispering to me, “Now my child, it’s time”.  So, it’s time for me to take a step of faith, it’s time for me to sacrifice my comfortable life, and it’s time for me to make a difference.

This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to serve the Lord’s People in Israel, and for that I thank you so much for your prayers and support!  This trip helped to solidify my desire to serve the Lord in missions after school.  I began looking for a program that would train me in hands on ministry, while also teaching me missions around the world.  I was very excited when I found the World Race, a program out of the ministry Adventures in Missions.  I quickly applied and recently found out that I was accepted!  Starting August 1st 2009, a team of 4-6 other people and I will be traveling to 11 different countries in 11 months.  Our goal will be working with people in poverty, teaching the gospel to them, and forming disciples.  Our trip will range from working with Arab children in Jerusalem, to feeding the poor in Uganda, to helping the girls oppressed by the sex market in Thailand.  We are going to Ireland, Romania, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.  As many of you know, Israel is so very dear to my heart, and I cannot tell you how amazed I am that the Lord has me going back there for the third time!  I am in awe of his wonderful plan!!  I am so excited to be a part of this ministry, and I have never been more sure of the Lord’s next step for my life than I am right now.

As a part of this ministry, we are asked to raise $13,500 before we leave in August.  While I am in great need of your prayers, there is also a financial need as well.  Will you prayerfully consider supporting me in this area as we partner in ministry together?  Information on how to do so can be found on my blog by clicking “Support Me”.