My daughter and son have been trying to get some odd jobs to do to raise money for a mission trip they are leaving for on Saturday. They put some fliers up around, but haven't had any luck getting any jobs. My daughter came to me yesterday, upset and saying "We don't have any meal money for World Changers. What are we going to do?" I answered, "Don't worry, pray about it. God will provide." I believed it, but it was still a little scary saying it!
So, this morning a friend from church called saying that she was going to stop by. When she came in, she brought some fun things she knew we wouldn't spend money on right now... like donuts, cookies and popcorn. She also brought a couple of things that I was running out of like laundry and dish detergent! Then she handed me an envelope and said, "Use this however you want to." After my friend left, we looked in the envelope and I teared up. God had provided a way for us to give the kids some meal money for the trip! We quickly said thank you to God.
I never thought I'd say it, but I'm now also thankful that my children are experiencing this trial because it will help to build their faith.
I should also mention that someone paid the balance for my children's mission trips at church.... we had been able to pay only about half of the cost before Mark lost his job. It is wonderful that people are being Jesus' hands and feet.... we never would've been able to allow the kids to go on these trips without someone's generosity.
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