I know I haven't blogged in a long time. So forgive me if this is a really long post.
Seth and I have come a long way since I received the scholarship from Beth Moore a couple of months ago. I was again on Twitter and saw that the Passion conference was giving some men's scholarships away. Seth applied immediately and by the grace of God was granted a scholarship.
The next matter that we were praying to God to provide for was the hotel. We no new God would provide if He wanted us to go and we were praying with great expectation. During a women's event at church Jessie and Mom Roberts were selling mittens. The next day they told us at lunch that they were selling mittens to pay for our hotel room at Passion. I was in tears. I knew this was where God wanted us to be simply because our family was prepared to also sacrifice for us to be there.
We also were given financial gifts from my best friend Stephanie as well as my Mom and Dad. We are so thankful that God has given us people in our lives and believe in the vision that Seth and I believe that God is asking us to follow. One sweet friend of mine is even fasting from movies and TV while we are gone so she can more passionately pray for us. We couldn't be more thankful.
God also gave us other jobs that we could do to make money to keep us afloat while we were saving for Passion. He gave me perfectly placed overnight nannying jobs and even a house/dog sitting job over Christmas right before we left. God was making it so clear that we were supposed to be at this conference. I have never felt anything more clear from God in my whole life. Ever.
Seth and I have felt as of we have been called to ministry together for a little while. But more specifically I have felt like God has been preparing me for ministry my whole life. How, where and when that will be He has not yet made clear, but he has put that passion in my heart. And he has finally shared that passion with my husband. We feel like this may be why God has called us to go to Passion this year, to reveal something to us. But we don't know. Because of that, we ask that you will partner with us in prayer with is while we are gone.
Please pray that God will make it clear why we felt so led to go to this specific conference, and made it so possible this specific year.
Please pray that for everyone else coming to the conference as we all prepare our hearts in prayer.
We are so thankful for your prayers and love already. We couldn't ask for better people to do life with.
I know we aren't going to do missions, or even leaving the country. But I feel like this trip is really going to change our lives, forever.
He's already there.
