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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Just listen

My best friend from high school lost her mom this summer. At the funeral, she mentioned that she had thought about joining me on a Spark trip. I was really surprised. She had looked at the pictures on my facebook, and we had talked about it a little. Very little. She went back to Indiana, and I didn't think of it again. As slots for the LA trip were filling up, one day God made it very clear to me to call my friend. I hadn't talked to her since the funeral, and I was embarrassed to call her and ask if she wanted to go on a mission trip. She's married to a pastor, and money is tight. I didn't want to seem insensitive to all that she was going through. I tried to ignore calling her, but God kept pestering me. I finally texted her and told her I was thinking about her, and that I wanted to follow up with her about the mission trip. For some unknown reason, I also wrote that there was a full scholarship awaiting her if she wanted to go. I was sure that she wouldn't go. Within minutes, she wrote back and said that she had just been wishing that she could go. She was going through grief counseling over the loss of her mom, and she just wanted to get away and serve others. I was stunned. She said yes. Where was I going to get the money? I know that God always provides. I had already paid to help several other ladies to go on the trip, plus paying for me, Jess and Jolie. Now I have to ask Tommy for more money....... God had it already planned...... I was talking to Joan, Tommy's mom, and I told her how excited I was that my friend was going. She told me right then that she wanted to pay for her to go. I was shocked. I hadn't asked her or mentioned how I had told her she had a scholarship. She just said, "I want to pay for her." Wow..... Once again God showed me how He has a plan, and He wants to use us, if we just listen. I'm so thankful I listened. My friend went on the trip and it was a blessing to spend time with her and serve together. :)