as many of you know, i left on thursday to come to Costa Mesa, California for summer project briefing until we take off on sunday! (briefing is a small conference where all of EPIC's summer short term missions trips come together and prepare for our upcoming trips) since arriving, i've literally hit the ground running with activities, messages, and just time spent with my brothers and sisters. although it has been lots of fun thus far, reality hit this afternoon as our staff directors announced that as a team, we still needed to raise $60,000. and that potentially some of our team members would not be able to go.
this immediately sent my thoughts and feelings into a flurry of emotions, as i wondered how $60,000 was even possible to be in a deficit in, how we were going to raise that much money in TWO DAYS, and how badly I felt for contributing to that total. i myself have $1,000 left to raise. and although that sounds like a minuscule amount in comparison to the grandiose total of $60,000, $1,000 is still a significant amount that i still very much need to raise!
i'm trying hard not to be discouraged, and i'm trying hard to depend on God. but i'll be honest with you all, it's not easy. with 30 other team members running around feeling just as stressed as i am, it feels like we're just all going crazy! but my God is a god of COMFORT.
today during worship, the song, "Be the Centre" was played. it'd been almost 1 year since i last heard that song (or at least that i can remember? haha). anyway, that song brought me back to my art project back in junior year --> where it was the most LABOR INTENSIVE, emotionally, and physically exhausting project i have EVER completed. and it was based off of this song, where i wanted to share with as many people on my campus as possible this great love i've found in God.
throughout the process of installing my project, it took a LOT of faith and dependence on God, that he would carry me through this. i worked hours upon hours both planning, installing, and de-installing it.
This is how I feel about raising the rest of our support. i'm going to have to fully trust that God will provide, not only for me, but for my teammates as well. it's going to require a lot of time, energy, emotions, and prayer. i have $1000 to raise by sunday. but my God is the reason. He'll be the one to bring in the rest, and He's the reason my heart lies in Hawai'i. i know that He will provide.
i would love if any of you could, first and foremost, PRAY.
-pray for my team, as we work towards raising $60,000 together, as we push through our last day in California, and just for their hearts to be ready and willing as we begin project together!
-pray for my support, as i work towards raising my final $1,000 and just learn how to trust in God.
-pray for Hawai'i! the harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few
For those of you who know me well, or even don't know me well, know that i have a HUGE heart for Hawai'i. God has been calling me there since last summer, and has placed this overwhelming desire within me to just serve there. I've been so so blessed with this opportunity to go there, and i'm almost there! i just have $1,000 left to raise.
And if you even feel that God has placed on your heart to give financially, I would appreciate that so so much as well. I'm trying to ask 20 people to contribute $50, but really, ANYTHING HELPS! Even $5. You can mail checks to
-EPIC Movement
Attn: Lucy Kaneshiro
16 Technology Dr. Ste. #205
Irvine, CA 92618
Or you can give online at: https://give.ccci.org/give/View/5554181, but please let me know how much you've decided to give so that i can properly thank you!
And lastly, if you do feel called to give, I just ask that you would do this as soon as possible, and please let me know how much because we need to turn in our figures by sunday and i would also like to thank you as soon as possible!
thank you all so much for just bearing with me, and listening to me ramble. through it all, i am so blessed.
amen.
<3nicky
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