Shalom.

“I want to take Your word and shine it all

around; first, help me just to live it, Lord. And

when I’m doing well help me to never seek

a crown; for my reward is giving glory to You.”

By the grace of God, I am going overseas to work for Him this summer. The Lord is sending me to Thailand to love on victims of human trafficking, and I am completely excited to see what the Lord is going to do through our team in Asia. The trip is $4000, which doesn’t include flights to and from GA, or vaccines, or anything. So, needless to say, the trip is quite a large chunk of change, but the Lord has been so faithful it is ridiculous. He has provided, and provided, and just when I think the support is coming to an end, He gives another gift. It’s just incredible. I really am in a weird season of my life financially. I have applied for job after job, yet I haven’t gotten any of them. And the Lord keeps putting more burdens on me to give here, and donate there, and I’m just honestly dry. But it has never failed that when I have given, if He doesn’t provide the exact amount back (which has totally freaked me out), He DOUBLES, or TRIPLES the amount! The Lord is faithful. And I guess the biggest lesson I’ve learned through this season is that if you want to see what God has in His hand, you have to let go of what’s in yours. Not just financially, but life in general. The Lord’s will sure doesn’t what I had in mind for myself, but it is the most beautiful thing, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. To have my heart molded more into the image of His flat out hurts, but it is most rewarding. The Lord is faithful.

Breakaway Ministries is a huge Bible study-like organization open to anyone in the College Station area, and it takes place on Texas A&M University’s campus. Every Tuesday night an enormous amount of Aggies (somewhere around 5,000 but I could be off a little) come together and just worship and learn about the Lord, and it is so beautiful. Breakaway’s Shalom Project this year is buying children out of slavery, and I have to say I am so honored to be a part of this ministry. The initial goal was to raise $27,300: buy 30 children in Haiti out of slavery for a year for $360 each, and buy 5 girls out of slavery in India for a lifetime at $3,300 each. That is a LOT of money.. especially to be raised by a group of college students. This is week 3 of the Shalom Project here in Aggieland, and Breakaway Ministries has raised 69,000+, and God’s not done yet. When I heard the update, I sat in my chair amazed with tears coming to my eyes. The Lord is faithful.

Blown away, I am incredibly humbled by the Lord’s grace for freedom right now. I really believe that the Lord’s heart is beating for the captives to be set free, and I am so blessed to be striving for the same. The Lord is so faithful..

-kf.

“I’m walking through the bright white gates

Breathing in and out Your grace.

All around me melodies rise,

That echo with the joy inside

So I start to sing..

But I can’t sing loud enough

When I’m singing for You my God.

With a thunder roll and a bright light

Your glory boasts and the heavens shine.

The saints and angels stand in awe,

Captured by the beauty of it all.

So I fall to my knees..

But I can’t bow low enough

At the vision of You my God.

I can’t hold it all inside..

I‘m reaching for the One who

Brought me out of death to life.

But I can’t lift my hands high enough

When I’m reaching for You my God.”

-Cielo by Phil Wickham