The March Gang

Well as you can see we are still state side.  We are still working on obtaining the funding to fulfill our budget.  If you were to allow it, the situation could be a little depressing.  Northern Ireland is goverend by the UK and so the currency used there is the Pound Sterling (GBP).   Currently the US dollar is two to one against the pound.  So I need two dollars for every pound I will spend.  So as you can see with the US economy in the shape it is one could get depressed very quickly.  Especially if you are moving to the UK.  Well there is one part to the equation that Wall Street and Bloomberg have no clue about.  That would be the “God Factor”.  I was in prayer the other day and God spoke to me that he never leads where He doesn’t provide substance.  So I took that seed of faith and have stood on it.

So that brings me to last night.  Dad called me and told me he was on his way down to my house because he had something he needed to bring me.  Well when he showed up he had in his hands the basket that is in the picture below.  My Dad’s next door neighbor came over to his house and told Dad that he started rolling his change jar a few days ago and while he was doing it he felt that the Lord told him that he needed to give it to me to help with my trip to Ireland.  So he showed up with this basket full of money rolls.  There is $589.50 in change there and it weighs in at 60lbs.  Now when things like this happen I know it is a God thing.  Brad, my Dad’s neighbor, doesn’t go to our church and we are not sure how he found out about us leaving.  However God impressed it upon Brad’s heart to help us out.  So you know what I do when doubt and fear show up and tell me there is no way?  I just knock it out with a 60lb basket of change.

This is the second time something like this has happened from someone outside our church family and friends.  I had a man show up on my door step three weeks ago and hand me $1000.00 in cash.  Said he just finished a job and felt that the Lord told him that was what he needed to give me.   So I know God is making it happen and much to Tara’s disappointment on His time not hers. ;)  So yeah God is awesome!