REJOICE!

So friends, after many tears and trials and moments of extreme neediness, I can finally write to say that I have reached the halfway point in my support raising and have been permitted to visit campus for the very first week of classes!! This is an immense blessing to me for several reasons.

A. It means the struggles of raising support are half way over!
B. I get to escape to JMU for a week to meet the girls I will be living with this year.
C. It will be so refreshing to do the thing I love most about this job: be with college students.

I am so excited to meet new students and be introduced to the chapter at JMU. It is just going to be an incredible week and a much needed reminder of why I am going through this process of raising my support. I get to be a part of their leadership meetings, help with their New Student Outreaches, go to their girls night, and attend their very first large group! On top of that I get to hang out with the girls in the house I'll be living in, and during the days I get to just be with and meet other college students at JMU!

Many of you know what a struggle it has been for me to get to this point and I just want to thank you so very much for all of your support and encouragement as I've wrestled through this. I'm thankful for the opportunity to visit campus during the first, most important week, and I know I owe that to all of you who have faithfully prayed and financially contributed and encouraged me consistently. I can't wait to share stories from the week! In the meantime, be praying for the week I am gone- August 24th-September 1st, that it would be a week of rejuvenation and joy and many experiences of God's faithfulness.

"And now to Him who is able to do EXCEEDINGLY more than all we ask or imagine- to HIM be the glory both now and forevermore."
Amen.