"Oh for grace to trust hIm more…" - refreshing words to start this week!
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"You should just cancel the whole Wycliffe Discovery trip
to S. Asia this summer"
The visas costs a fortune, and now the immunization costs have gone up,
it's just too expensive.
The team members will never raise the money.
People really can't afford to give, life is just too expensive.
Plus, you won't get sick if you stay in America this summer.
And, your husband could work and save money
and then you would have more control of your life financially.
The team members could stay home and earn money,
and they wouldn't get sick.
Then you wouldn't have to worry about so many other people's lives.
The trip isn't going to be all that life-changing anyway.
And here's a bonus, you won't have to worry about train logistics
if you just cancel the trip.
Honestly, the people in S. Asia are fine,
they can hear about Jesus some other way.
The Enemy has been whispering these technically plausible reasons for canceling the trip, in my ear all week.  It has been challenging sorting out finances and finalizing more plans for the South Asia trip.  Finding out that the malaria prevention medication we need costs nearly $200/person kinda tipped me over the edge.
 
Saturday night, I cried out to the Lord, while crying in my husband's arms.  Jason simply said, "Don't give up yet.  Until the Lord provides, or closes the door, we will keep praying and keep going."

In the midst of all these doubts and fears, a small voice inside of me said,
"Do you not trust me?  Who do you think I am?  Have I not provided for you from the time you were born until now?  Just ask, and trust."
Sunday morning, we heard a sermon on a prayer of Jehoshaphat.  As King of Israel, Jehoshaphat was faced with an impossible situation.  What was his reaction?  "Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord/begged the Lord for guidance...

He prayed: 'We are powerless against this mighty army... We do not know what to do, but
we are looking to you for help/our eyes are on you.'" (2 Chronicles 20:3,12)

In troubling situations, do I first post my problems on Facebook or do I pray first?  When discouraged and confused about something, do I ask the Lord to give me the answer, or do I google it?  Hmm.

In the sermon, we also read the New Testament passage that says: â€œKeep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for….For everyone who asks, receives. - Parts of Matthew 7:7-8
 
I can hear God inviting me to pray and ask Him to provide.  How dare I doubt his faithfulness?  He will come through.  He always has before.  Yes, it is daunting. Yes, now that I am leading a team, I feel more burdened than I would if it was just myself.  The financial numbers needed for 8 people traveling to S. Asia are enormous.  The logistics are in multiple languages, and the idea that I could plan every detail is ridiculous.

But my God is amazing, and He can be trusted.  "The one who has called me is faithful, He will make it happen." - 1 Thessalonians 5:24

The participants on the S. Asia team need to have 1/2 of their financial support in this week, and most are pretty far away from it.  Thank you for joining me in prayer this week.  Ask the Lord on their behalf to show His faithfulness through the generosity of their family and friends.
We sang this song in church on Sunday.  Refreshing words to start this week:
’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus;
Just to take Him at His Word
To rest upon His promise and to know, “Thus saith the Lord!
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er;

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
History of the Hymn: "Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus" - According to the story: It was a beautiful sunny day. Louisa M. Stead, her husband, and her daughter Lily, decided to go for a picnic. They went picnicking on Long Island Sound. While having their picnic, the Steads heard a scream. It was from a young boy. Mr. Stead ran to the rescue. Louisa Stead and young Lily watched helplessly as Mr. Stead and the boy drowned. Their troubles were not over yet, however, and without her husband, Mrs. Stead became very poor and destitute.Yet God never left her. He provided for her always and she and her daughter made it through. Louisa learned to trust God, and thus the words to the song 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.' Shortly after this incident, Louisa and her daughter Lily moved to South Africa where they became missionaries. (wikipedia)
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