Praise God!

God is so amazing! He never ceases to blow my mind! All of my funding is in! Elise and I are going to France!! My favorite part about how He brought in my funding was that it was so clearly Him and not me! It's just further confirmation that He has work and purpose for me in Lille this summer. It's hard to remember with such a busy schedule to be making the most of every moment in preparation for this trip, but that's exactly what I need to do. From the very beginning God orchestrated this entire thing just as He has with my life. It was originally going to be a larger group going. It was originally a trip to Sweden. And at the start of planning this trip, I wasn't listening to the Lord's call on my life for missions. But God moved and placed Elise and I where we are so clearly supposed to go. I've learned that He does that. As I first felt the pull to missions I had no idea where I would end up. I just started looking into things and pursuing options. I tried to approach it with an open-hand and God moved; He shut doors and opened ones I had never even imagined. I remember one day of prayer as I hiked through Garden of the Gods, I told the Lord the only way I knew to be obedient was to pursue the options I saw. I asked Him to guide me and take care of the rest. He has been so faithful in that! He closed some opportunities and the path I'm on is very different from the one I started on. If He had not had purpose for me in Lille and shut this door, I would've been so excited to see that faithfulness as well. Shutting doors is every bit Him working as opening others.
Thank you all for your extremely generous support and abundant prayers! Please pray for Elise and I, that we would stand firm, not be distracted, and be diligent in preparing to go, as well as for the people in Lille, that God would be preparing hearts. And praise the Lord! He is so sovereign and good! What an amazing God we serve!!