Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him!!

Father has really been telling me to trust in Him completely, and it has been a little hard lately. I just transferred to UMHB, a private school... which means more money on top of my Japan payments. I have had a few trials, but He never leaves me on my own regardless of how much I try to take it on my own without Him. I finally realized that I was saying that I was trusting in Him, but in reality, I was just giving Him some of it.

Today was a pretty challenging day. I got a call from my mom, reminding me to get a few more addresses for support letters because the 2nd deadline is coming up, and we would not be able to pay that ourselves. I then tried to think of all of the things that I could do, but that got me nowhere. I texted my friend Amanda before class and asked her to pray for me. Right after I did that, Steven (my youth minister back at home) called me and left me a voicemail telling me to call him. After class I got the message, and called him back to hear that someone gave me a really really generous amount of money for Japan. I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't help but cry. Father is so good!! Just when I think that things are too much, He intervenes in unbelievable ways!

I look at situations like this, and I wonder why I am so blown away in the first place. He is almighty and faithful every second of the day. There is never a moment when He just feels like He isn't going to be there for us, so why am I so amazed that He would provide like this? Praise Him! His works are so beautiful!

Thank you guys so much for being a part of this. I know I have said this before, but this truly means so much to me! I can't wait to see how He molds and strengthens my heart and the hearts of my fellow JSI's. Thank you so much for being a part of this journey with me!

With love,
Cara

So far...

Hey everyone!
Thank you so much for checking out my blog and wanting to know more about my trip to Tokyo. This post is really just to let you know what I have been doing recently for the trip.
Kathryn is also going to be a JSI in Tokyo this summer as well, so we both decided to design and sell T-shirts for fundraising. We have contacted the T-shirt company, and now we are just waiting for them to send us the official design for the shirt. As soon as I get all of the information from the company, I will be sure to post it on here so y'all can take a look at it.
I have also just finished writing my support letters, so I will be sending those out in about a week.
I am so excited to see what God is going to do throughout this whole fundraising process. $4500 dollars is quite a bit to raise, but I have faith that He will provide that for me. Thank you guys so much for all of the thoughts and prayers! Please keep checking back here for more blogs to come!

Prayer requests:
-Pray for the Japanese.
-Pray for my JSI team.
-Pray that Father will transform the hearts of the Japanese and break the spiritual strongholds that keep them from experiencing the freedom that is found in Christ.
-Pray for the missionaries that are already there in Tokyo.
-Pray for the teams that will be going in and out of Tokyo this summer.
-Pray that we would be equipped for doing His work.