Treading Water

Support raising is feeling like treading water. I'm working, but not seeing much of a change in scenery.

Whenever people told me that raising support was one of the most trying times they had been through in college, I kind of acknowledged it and shrugged it off. "I'm sure it was," I would say. Now, I have seen and can personally attest to this very fact. And, I'd like to add a few words of my own: it's awesome.

With support raising, I fall into worry every day. I worry I won't raise the money, I worry I'll send Austin over to France as the lone male representative from OU, I worry I'm missing out on an awesome opportunity to glorify God. I worry, I worry, I worry. Then, I pray.

Worry over support causes me to lift my heart and my summer to God each day. It forces me to acknowledge the goodness of God. If I'm going to be in Nantes this summer, it will be because of Him. I see how support in itself is something God uses to make us glorify Him.

I am still a long way from being done with support. Each day I dedicate time to pray for the project, to grow my support team and that all of those students raising to go to Nantes, or anywhere else, can raise their support.

Even before I board a plane, summer project will have made a tremendous impact on my life, and I'm grateful for it.