Okay, I know... I have been doing an awful lot of Uganda talk. Well, just so you know I am absolutely thrilled about my Ugandan post for today. It is my support letter. I know that times are tough but I figured who better to ask than the worldwide-web via BLOGGER.COM? God has great plans and I am only utilizing the resources I have just in case... I hope you don't take offense or think I'm trying to use you. I seriously am at a place of peace in where I can care less about the financial aspect of everything. I'm going to AFRICA THIS SUMMER! :) I'm just excited to board that plane... so here is my letter and I hope most of all it ministers to someone!
Love,
Chetreanna
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Love,
Chetreanna
Hey! thank you for taking the time to read this. Know that there is no
pressure and more than anything we just need your prayer and support.
Now onto the letter :)
To my Friends and Family:
This coming summer I, along with four other young women, will be venturing out of southern California to south-central Africa. Although not the idea of the average twenty-something year olds summer vacation this is where God has called me to be for two months! I am excited, scared, overjoyed and completely in awe of how God has worked everything out so far. A year ago I was praying for Africa and for God to get me there somehow and today I am a part of a team of five women all under 25, who seek to be used by God in Africa!
In 2010, the Lord put a burden for the African people upon my heart. All of a sudden, my thoughts and my desires were all centered around Africa and getting to Africa. My heart felt the need for the gospel to be engraved upon the African people’s hearts, that they may be empowered knowing Jesus. God was breaking me of myself and giving me the compassion I had lacked for so many years towards other people.
I began to pray for God to send me there. I desperately needed to be in African soil somehow, someway. The more I learned about getting to Africa the more I realized just how impossible of a mission that would be for me. I was discouraged but I still prayed, knowing that God had given me this desire, and that ultimately it belonged to Him. In my human mind, I was certain God would send me. I was positive that this was what He wanted me to do. Yet I had begun to shape His plans so that they would make sense. I put together an idea that God was going to get me to Africa once I had done certain things. Thankfully, works do not earn us blessings and I can say that there is nothing I have done, apart from prayer, to open this door! All glory is to Him.
I have shared this all with you that you might first pray for Gods ultimate provision upon our trip and for our trip overall. He is the one who is going to get us there no matter what amount of money we receive along the way. Asking for money is not something that I find comfortable but I know that God has laid this step out for me wanting more to see my obedience played out rather than my insistent pride I tend to use to cover any humility that may be unmasked. So here I am, writing you this letter admitting that I am in need of financial support. Christ loves the faithful and it is in complete faith in Him that I send this to you knowing that He plans to get me to Africa whether or not it looks possible from where I stand. I also pray that this letter has sparked a flame and that you may catch that vision He has placed on your heart and be in prayer for His will to be done! That you may act when the door opens and take that first step of faith in responding to the call with “Yes, I am willing!”
We have an account through Calvary Chapel now in which you may donate through check or cash. The checks are to be made payable to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and in the memo field Mission Uganda. Then, on a sticky note or other paper that is firmly attached to the check, write “Mission Uganda/ Lena Smith/ Chetreanna White”. You can mail it to me at [ask for my address]. Or contact me at savedthrulove@aol.com if you have other questions regarding the mission and needs. All donations can also be used as tax write offs!
Thank you so much for reading this and please be in prayer for us throughout this time. We are so thankful for this opportunity to be used and to witness to Gods people.
Be blessed :)!
To my Friends and Family:
This coming summer I, along with four other young women, will be venturing out of southern California to south-central Africa. Although not the idea of the average twenty-something year olds summer vacation this is where God has called me to be for two months! I am excited, scared, overjoyed and completely in awe of how God has worked everything out so far. A year ago I was praying for Africa and for God to get me there somehow and today I am a part of a team of five women all under 25, who seek to be used by God in Africa!
In 2010, the Lord put a burden for the African people upon my heart. All of a sudden, my thoughts and my desires were all centered around Africa and getting to Africa. My heart felt the need for the gospel to be engraved upon the African people’s hearts, that they may be empowered knowing Jesus. God was breaking me of myself and giving me the compassion I had lacked for so many years towards other people.
I began to pray for God to send me there. I desperately needed to be in African soil somehow, someway. The more I learned about getting to Africa the more I realized just how impossible of a mission that would be for me. I was discouraged but I still prayed, knowing that God had given me this desire, and that ultimately it belonged to Him. In my human mind, I was certain God would send me. I was positive that this was what He wanted me to do. Yet I had begun to shape His plans so that they would make sense. I put together an idea that God was going to get me to Africa once I had done certain things. Thankfully, works do not earn us blessings and I can say that there is nothing I have done, apart from prayer, to open this door! All glory is to Him.
I have shared this all with you that you might first pray for Gods ultimate provision upon our trip and for our trip overall. He is the one who is going to get us there no matter what amount of money we receive along the way. Asking for money is not something that I find comfortable but I know that God has laid this step out for me wanting more to see my obedience played out rather than my insistent pride I tend to use to cover any humility that may be unmasked. So here I am, writing you this letter admitting that I am in need of financial support. Christ loves the faithful and it is in complete faith in Him that I send this to you knowing that He plans to get me to Africa whether or not it looks possible from where I stand. I also pray that this letter has sparked a flame and that you may catch that vision He has placed on your heart and be in prayer for His will to be done! That you may act when the door opens and take that first step of faith in responding to the call with “Yes, I am willing!”
We have an account through Calvary Chapel now in which you may donate through check or cash. The checks are to be made payable to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and in the memo field Mission Uganda. Then, on a sticky note or other paper that is firmly attached to the check, write “Mission Uganda/ Lena Smith/ Chetreanna White”. You can mail it to me at [ask for my address]. Or contact me at savedthrulove@aol.com if you have other questions regarding the mission and needs. All donations can also be used as tax write offs!
Thank you so much for reading this and please be in prayer for us throughout this time. We are so thankful for this opportunity to be used and to witness to Gods people.
Be blessed :)!
