My Generous Friends

I leave tomorrow night at 10:30pm, and when I woke up this morning I only had $1,781.
While this is quite a lot of money, thanks to my generous church family, it's not quite enough for the lecture phase. So I woke up fairly short. But by the end of today, I received over $700 from my friends, and bumped my total funds to $2,617.21 putting me more than half way to my goal of $4,500.

This morning, I woke up so nervous about the money. Time was ticking, as always, and I was feeling All day, I prayed and prayed for God's provision. I've heard story after story after story of God providing financially for missionaries. I've never really seen it before, until today. Before I left my house this morning, my grandma gave me a huge check so I "wouldn't be broke down there in Costa Rica." Two of my friends from NYCUP donated to me online through Paypal. My friends mom sent a check with him when we met up to hang out. I went to dinner with an old mentor and his wife, who already donated, not only payed for dinner but gave me another large donation to help me out. Afterward, I went to youth group where three of my friends gave me checks. Finally, at a going away party, my friends all pooled their money and gave me a huge envelop of cash as my going away present.

Wow.

Thank you, everyone who donated. You're generosity is so appreciated. Thank you for being so willing to make this experience possible. I can't wait to see what God does! May He bless you as He's blessed me with you.