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Goodbye old, Hello New

A few weeks ago I was in an accident and totaled my car. Not a very good start to support raising! Thankfully no one was hurt in the accident. I had a red light but didn't notice it because I was looking for a street sign. I was crossing a one way street that had two lanes. My car was hit from the front and the back.

On the upside I got a new car! 

Where have I been ?

Dear friends,

I am so sorry for my long time absence on my blog. So much has happened yet so little. In April I attended a conference called Kingdom Called. The conference was to train me in how to raise support for this upcoming year. I have been accepted to intern with cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ)! Essentially I am a missionary to a few local colleges here in the states.

 I am so thrilled for this internship. The Lord has already taught me so much and I haven't even begun! Theses past few weeks I have been setting up appointments to meet with people and explain to them how they can partner with my ministry. It is so exciting to tell others about the vision God has given me for this next year! It is also frightening when I think about the amount of money that I must raise, in fact it is so much that I know it will only come through if this is God's will because I desperately need His help!

Normally in life I like to have a back up plan, just in case my current plan doesn't work. That is not the case with this next year, God has removed every back up plan I can think of. So what does that mean? It means for once in my life I NEED to completely rely on Him and trust Him to come through for me. I mean sure, I need to pick up the phone call people and meet up with them. But ultimately it is God who will provide for my ministry. I have never been in a season in my life where I absolutely NEED to rely on the Lord for everything. While support raising I am only able to work 8-16 hours a week! Just enough to pay the bills. I am also learning how to live with a tight budget.

I am so excited to see where I will be when I am done support raising and after a year of interning. There is no way that I can not grow through out both of these processes!

Well that is it for now, I will be sharing more of what has happened in this past month soon!

XoXo,

Valerie

Spring is here!

The weather is finally getting nice and I mean like 60s and 70s nice!! It is so nice to be able to go outside with out a bunch of layers on! Also I can wear all my cute flats now that the snow is gone!! Here are a few pictures from Wednesday.

Kari Jobe

You are for me

I love, love, love this song and pretty much any song Kari sings. She is my new favorite singer at the moment. This is such a great reminder that God is there for us! <3

Full Acceptance

Hello Valerie,

 

Congratulations on your full acceptance as a Campus Ministry intern of Campus Crusade for Christ!    We are excited as we anticipate what God will do in and through you during this coming year.

Yahoo! I'm accepted in Intern with CRU this fall! I know have to start working on raising support, which I know is not going to be an easy task. I've raised money before for mission trips but never for an entire year! I know that in order to raise all the support I need God is going to have to come through, BIG time! 

I am so exited to begin this new journey in life and I will be sharing it with all of you as well! I will try to keep you updated as much as possible during this experience and let you in on what God does through out my year as an intern. I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve God in this way! 

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Discouraged

My afternoon can be summed up in one word today - DISCOURAGED. As I wrote about in my last post, I have applied to intern with CRU, which would mean going in to full time ministry. My dad is not very happy with my decision, he doesn't understand at all why I would give up my nursing career to do a job that requires me to raise support. He refuses to talk to me directly about it but tells my brother and sister-in-law exactly what he thinks about it. As a daughter, I long to please my father and it hurts to know that he is not happy with a choice I have made. I know the Lord is calling me to ministry and the most important thing I can do is to please my heavenly Father, so Father I trust You.

If you pray, please pray for me and for a change in my dad's heart.

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