Merry Christmas!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families and friends! The holidays can be a difficult time for some people so I just wanted to post some encouraging words for those of you that might need them. I am so excited for Kenya and I know you all are as well. However, it's getting closer and closer to crunch time and raising funds for this trip is starting to get difficult, especially right around the holidays. I want to encourage you all to continue to completely trust God. He is incredible and loves us all so much and He will do amazing things in order to get us where we need to be. Remember that everything is always in HIS timing, not ours. I've found that with the craziness of this season in my life, making time to focus on God and pray consistently becomes difficult, but it is so so so important for us to make an effort each day. God knows all of our desires and all of our needs and He wants to help us with those things. If you know that you have been called to be on this trip, God will get you there-- there is no doubt about it and absolutely no need for you to be worried or stressed about how it will happen.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus"
- Philippians 4:6-7
So, let's praise our God and express our trust and love for Him through our prayers these next few months leading up to the trip! Prayer is such an amazing gift that we have and it's power is overlooked so often. My hope is that this helped a few of you and that this verse lightened a few hearts; I turn to this verse constantly to remind myself how important my prayers are.
Enjoy your Christmas break and have a fun and safe New Year!!
-J.P.
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