I’ve never been a fan of fundraising. I’ve always dreaded it because it’s just plain
ole’ awkward asking people for money.
When we started the process,
other adoptive families would say, don’t worry God will provide the funds, He
always does. And inside I would have
this inner battle of...
yes, we serve a big
God who loves adoption
to
wait that’s a
whole lot $$$, there is just no way?!?
And then we stepped out in faith and the Lord slowly began
to shatter my hatred for fundraising. It
all started when we announced our adoption and 2 weeks later we had almost
$12,000 sitting in our adoption account.
We were in complete awe. I can’t
tell you how many times there has been a bump in the road and we began doubting
this path we’re on and within minutes received a financial donation that was a
sweet confirmation from the Lord to trudge forward.
We have been blown away by the Lord’s faithfulness and the
generosity of others throughout this process.
If it wouldn’t have been for fundraising, we would have never
experienced the beautiful acts of sincere generosity from family and
friends.
We would have never connected
with complete strangers who have donated, encouraged and even prayed for
us.
Fundraising has taught us to rely on
the Lords timing and walk forward in faith.
So, I will put my pride to the side and keep working hard to
save every penny and fundraise.
Because
there so much beauty to be found in this process.
And because I know in the end it will all be
worth it.
