Pull Back or Trust Forward?
What to do when it looks like there isn’t enough
Despite almost 14 years as full-time missionaries, our monthly donation report almost always makes our hearts skip a beat and look with one eye closed…
Will it be enough?
This month was one of those months when the incoming was far less than the outgoing. To be honest, about 9 out of 12 months are like that. Usually, we have a buffer fund that helps make up the difference.
That buffer fund is lower than it has been in YEARS.
We have two options-pull back from fear of lack…or trust forward with all the things God has put on our hearts knowing that He is already putting things in place.
We are no where near done here, in fact it seems like we are just picking up momentum.
13 years ago just after my Dad passed away and we were about to head back to Brazil we spoke one Sunday at our home church. We had one request-we needed a vehicle.
A month later we received a donation that paid for the Kombi we had hoped to purchase.
Later, we found out that the couple who donated the money had felt a nudge from God years before to start putting money away for missionaries who needed a vehicle.
Read that again….
YEARS BEFORE-We weren’t even missionaries yet! God was already answering a prayer we hadn’t even prayed.
AND THEY WEREN’T EVEN FROM OUR HOME CHURCH-THEY WERE FROM THE USA! VISITING FOR ONE SUNDAY!
Every time we feel a financial squeeze, a mountain in front of us we remember the Kombi.
And we remember all the people who have been faithfully behind us in prayer and financially all these years.
You see, we really are not alone in this. Everything we do is due to the generosity of others.
So what does that generosity pay for?
Diapers, groceries, medicine, medical visits, education, transportation, meals shared around a table, Alpha nights, therapy, staff…and not the least of which.…
Women getting free of a life of slavery, finding healing and belonging. HOPE.
This is an appeal. If you have felt the nudge before to give but life got busy-please consider giving now. We need more people on our team-more people with hearts for the lost, the cast aside and the forgotten by most of society.
We need you-they need you.
We have so much vision for the future-a new Hope Center offering services to the children and their moms, workshops to teach skills that can turn into a source of income, group therapy and so much more. But we need the funds to carry that all out.
I will end this post with a quote from one of the women who is receiving support from Hope Ministries and recently passed a test to gain her high school diploma:
“My friends, a while ago, before I knew God loves me, I felt like trash in the world and nothing. I thought that for a long time I suffered in that world of prostitution, I was humiliated, I felt incapable, I was chained in the streets until God sent angels. Kind and genuine people, without criticizing me, they spoke of God with love, and I know that’s where He began His work within me.”
There are more women like her, who need the support to make the leap from the streets to a new life.
You can be part of writing their new stories. Click the link below to become a member of the Hope Team, and consider adding 6% to cover the admin fee so all of your donation goes directly where it’s needed most.
Thank you!
