If this is your introduction to my journey to be the “tree” God made me to be- Welcome! I’m so glad you are here, and the Lord has allowed our paths to cross. For those O.G.’s that have been rocking with me since day 1- you will remember the fun testimony of how the Lord led me to get a passport and you know how excited I am that after sitting on it expectantly for over 10 years I finally have an opportunity to use it! If you don’t know and are curious here is a link for the post I made about that in 2013. I re-read it and it reminded me of His kindness and reignited my faith all over again!
The Lord has opened up a door for me to go on a ministry trip to Madrid, Spain in April! I officially graduated from Ascend Academy in August and right before Christmas they announced that they are going to be starting up their Gospel Crusades again. They have done them for many years, but this is the first time since I have joined the ministry. They said Israel would be in November (what a cool birthday trip that would be!!) and Madrid, Spain would be in April, and I was praying that it was the first week because that was my spring break, and I didn’t see any other way it would be possible to get so many days off. Especially since my teacher assistant quit right before Thanksgiving and I am now the only teacher in the class. They announced this week that it is April 11-20 which is the week after and I immediately thought oh there’s no way now. But I put it before the Lord, and I said if this is You then You will make a way because You’re the God of the impossible. So, I emailed my boss to explain the situation and she said to give her a couple of days to try to figure out coverage. She called me a couple days later to let me know that one of the T.A.’s in another class volunteered to take my class for those 9 days so that I could go. So, she gave me the time off! I genuinely thought that it would be impossible. When I went to thank the other teacher for volunteering, she said if she had the opportunity to go on a mission’s trip that she hoped someone would do the same for her. So, I have my passport, I got the time off, submitted my application and was accepted and now the last piece is to raise the partnership.
Funds to Raise:
Trip- $2,900
Plane Ticket- $2,000
Food- $500
Total- $5,400
The budget is an educated guess but I’m trusting the Lord knows and will provide the exact amount I need
Trip- The trip is $2,900 and there is a $1,000 deposit needed by February 22 to secure my spot
Plane ticket-The ticket is my responsibility and depending on the flight it looks to be anywhere from 8-13 hours so I’m not planning to fly basic economy this time! It looks like first class is around $7,000 which would up the budget exceedingly, so I figured I’ll find something in the middle. Another way you could bless me is if you have an over abundance of airplane miles and you would like to gift them to me to pay for a ticket.
Food- Breakfasts will be provided by the hotel and we are responsible for lunch and dinner for the 9 days. Chat Gpt tells me that it can range anywhere from $120 (budget) - $500+ (splurge) in U.S. Dollars. I can’t imagine I would spend that much on food, but I think it’s wisdom to budget on the high side to be safe.
I invite you to pray and if the Lord stirs your heart to partner with me you can click on the Partner with Amy tab for all of the giving options.
