Support raised, God more awesome than I know

Hello friends and family.
Yes. God has provided more than enough for me to go New York. It touches my heart completely that He has had this planned for me since before I came into existence. Since before existence came into existence. Our God is such a strong and powerful Lord. He not only provided $3500, He provided a plane ticket, left over graduation money, and the means to send out letters and thank yous, pay bills, etc.
To those of you who have supported me, I cannot thank you enough for trusting your hard earned earnings with my trip.
I leave in 5 days. Crazy stuff. I get butterflies in my stomach thinking about it. Not nervous butterflies... the kind of butterflies you get when you have a crush on someone. Yes, I said it. I have a crush on New York City. My main prayer is that God would break my heart for the city and that I would fall head over heels for it. My prayer is that it would fully change me, making what God will show me impossible to forget. Making it impossible to not burn for the inner city and its needs. Or even my city, wherever that may be.
I will be posting at least once a week from now on. I hope you'll follow me and keep my team and what we're doing in your prayers.

Divine Romance by Phil Wickham
The fullness of Your grace is here with me
The richness of Your beauty’s all I see
The brightness of Your glory has arrived
In Your presence God, I’m completely satisfied

For You I sing I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart and my hands
To show my love, to show my love

A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You
Of deep deep love, yeah it’s filling up the room
Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life
In Your presence God I’m completely satisfied

I am praying for your summers knowing that God is present in them and moving!

the support process (wah, wah)

hey friends... actually, i'm writing to no one yet, shame on you all! no one's following me yet! hahahaaaa, jk. but i did want to just post an update on support. i'm at $535.00 as of tonite! i know that doesn't sound like a ton of money but I'm only at 13 supporters. that's over $40 per person and i sent out over 100 letters. i am staying hopeful in the process, i have a long ways to go, i know but i am feeling called to do this so i am praying that God wants me there... needs me there. it's been slow thus far, but i haven't made phone calls.... which i plan to start this weekend. i am praying for the Lord to give me strength in that process, it's always so difficult to trust God for the words to say and the attitudes about making phone calls. i am confident that the Lord has been preparing the hearts of those that will support me. and i am thankful that this will be a chance to connect with people and hear about what's going on in their lives right now. and, i know i have so many praying for me which is so essential in this process.

First Gift!

Before I even sent out my letters, my roommate Amy gave me my first gift! I am so blessed to have her as a roommate and be a witness of the amazing faith she has. This is so encouraging to me, I feel as though the Lord will get me to NY easy as pie. No doubt I will hit troubles in the support raising process but I will see the Lord in the storm and I will have faith that he'll be there! I am so thankful for Amy and all my supporters!

writing my support letter

hey all! you're probably looking at this because you just received my support letter. i actually had a really difficult time writing that letter because i wanted to avoid repetition from the last support letter i sent out. i also wanted the letter to be very representative of how much my spring break trip to new york changed me! if you didn't get that impression, i'm here to say that yes, it did change me! (= thank you for who you are in my life and again, i appreciate your consideration in being a part of my team as i head to new york! i will keep you updated with how support is coming! much love.