Prayer

Hello everyone,

So I have just returned from USC InterVarsity's summer conference on Catalina Island for the past week. After a great study on Philippians, I am excited to be off to Colorado for pre-field training for Thailand this Friday! While at Catalina however, I often overlooked my prayers for this summer and for support as I was very busy. Lo and behold, my support last week flat-lined. This has further caused me to realize how much more I need to depend on God, without whom nothing is possible. I thank Him for that little kick in the butt and for the reminder to "not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4: 6-7)

The political situation in Thailand has also become somewhat unstable of late, and so I would ask for your prayers for stability in the government there, and for grace for our team to be equipped to deal with whatever comes our way. Thank you for continued support and prayers!

Here is a short video on how prayer causes things to happen.

Trust

Hello! If you are reading this thanks so much for checking out my blog and being interested in my summer in Thailand. On Monday I finally finished up addressing/packaging/stamping all of my prayer/support letters. All together the process took most of my Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and was fairly exhausting mentally and physically. While I never expected it to take this long I am glad that it is finally done. Here is a picture of my little envelope addressing station I set up in my living room.

Now that I am actually done with my letters however things have started to feel a bit funny. I have realized that at least at the moment there isn't much more I can do to make sure I receive all of my financial support for the summer. I simply sent the letters out, and now I get to wait and trust that God will provide. On some levels this makes me nervous, and I wish I could say that there isn't a part of me that is afraid but there is. Because of that I am sure that God is going to use this experience to increase my dependence on Him and to increase my faith in His provisions. Thanks so much for taking the time to check out my blog, and may God grant us all the grace to trust in Him more!


God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. 

-Elisabeth Elliot