Hello friends.
I always feel like my semesters have a theme. Sometimes when I am procrastinating life, I try and take it even further. Theme songs, theme bible verses, theme photos... etc.
For example:
Fall 2009
Theme: Stick it to the Man
Song: Eye of the Tiger
Verse:....
Okay I don't really remember the verse. I just know I walked around with the Rocky theme in my head all the time as I simultaneously fought injustice in the world, in the college of public health, and all the way down to Dancin Gators.
My point:
This semesters theme is surrender. Totally and heartbreakingly opposite of last semester. It was a high cloud to fall from. From day one, God has been showing me that I am not in control. It started off small with things like my car breaking down and ruining what would have been my most epic Dinsey adventure to date. Moved on to other things, and then CRU womens retreat was themed around surrender and brought up a whole lot of internal crap that I have been working through as to WHY surrender is such a hard thing for me to do. Things began to spin out of control and I tried again and again to let go of the wheel but always ended up grabbing back on at the last second and still crashing the car.
This summer project support raising business, among other recent trials, is truly and honestly only going to happen when I daily surrender my plans, my agenda, my will, my everything to God. Tomorrow is so incredibly uncertain. But I am trusting God with it. Every day, I surrender it again. Every minute, I have to remember that God is in control.
"Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed."
Joshua 23:14
I most often associate surrender with retreat. An army that surrenders does not surge forward. But this is the opposite. Every single time I surrender my white-knuckle grip on my plans and dreams, I take one step closer to the perfect plan God has laid before me.
I have officially hit 30%. One penny at a time. One day at a time. One surrender at a time.
Supporter Shoutout:
Taryn McEachrane, who was actually my first ever supporter and I never put her on the list and am dreadfully sorry and love dearly.
Sarah "strange" Obarowski
Bob and Linda Cannon
Kaitlin Clark and Renee Berens, who besides B.Clark were especially generous at the bake sale :)
I love you all and cannot wait to keep you posted more.
Keep me in your prayers!
Kelly
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
One cupcake at a time....
I am keeping up with my promise to write often :)
These past few weeks have been some of the most spiritually/physically/mentally/emotionally trying times of my life, and not just in the area of support raising. I knew going into this that it would not be easy, and I was ready to face that, but in preparing myself for this journey I sorta forgot that life tends to get in the way. More on that later.
I have been struggling a lot with discouragement coming from all sides on support raising. The day before I wrote my first blog post I had raised exactly $50. In three weeks. A start, but not exactly blowing out of the water. Then I got a large check in the mail and was highly encouraged, which inspired me to start this blog. But still... I get discouraged really easily, especially when people who I really look up to are pessimistic about my support raising.
I have spent some time the past few months helping Dancin Gators get ready for Relay for Life, which was this past weekend. One of my greatest discouragements for raising support for summer project came from my inability to get people to donate to my account for Relay for Life... my thought process was "If people don't even want to donate to cancer research how are they gonna want to send me money to go to Disney World?"
Anyways, I ended up not doing Relay for Life. Also, more on that at a later date. One of my best friends on the planet came up and surprised me this weekend and it meant the world to me. It was just what I needed to get back on track. I had a bake sale at Theta Alpha chapter last night (shoutout to my ladies!) and was knocked off my feet at the generosity of my poor college friends. But thats probably where most of my support is going to come from. One dollar at a time. Who would have thought that a few baked goods could get me $168.88???
God is so good. I am up to 28%.
A friend who is also trying to raise support sent out a message the other day saying that God is so faithful even when we are faithless. And its so true.
Supporter shoutout:
Jessie Fairfax
Lisa Coraci
Brittany Clark
Theta Alpha :)
Special shoutouts to Megan Fleming and Lexis Strobel, who helped me bake (I am a disaster in the kitchen) and to the amazing Caroline Burns who has been pretty much guiding me through this process and had the great idea of the bakesale.
I love you all!!
Kelly
These past few weeks have been some of the most spiritually/physically/mentally/emotionally trying times of my life, and not just in the area of support raising. I knew going into this that it would not be easy, and I was ready to face that, but in preparing myself for this journey I sorta forgot that life tends to get in the way. More on that later.
I have been struggling a lot with discouragement coming from all sides on support raising. The day before I wrote my first blog post I had raised exactly $50. In three weeks. A start, but not exactly blowing out of the water. Then I got a large check in the mail and was highly encouraged, which inspired me to start this blog. But still... I get discouraged really easily, especially when people who I really look up to are pessimistic about my support raising.
I have spent some time the past few months helping Dancin Gators get ready for Relay for Life, which was this past weekend. One of my greatest discouragements for raising support for summer project came from my inability to get people to donate to my account for Relay for Life... my thought process was "If people don't even want to donate to cancer research how are they gonna want to send me money to go to Disney World?"
Anyways, I ended up not doing Relay for Life. Also, more on that at a later date. One of my best friends on the planet came up and surprised me this weekend and it meant the world to me. It was just what I needed to get back on track. I had a bake sale at Theta Alpha chapter last night (shoutout to my ladies!) and was knocked off my feet at the generosity of my poor college friends. But thats probably where most of my support is going to come from. One dollar at a time. Who would have thought that a few baked goods could get me $168.88???
God is so good. I am up to 28%.
A friend who is also trying to raise support sent out a message the other day saying that God is so faithful even when we are faithless. And its so true.
Supporter shoutout:
Jessie Fairfax
Lisa Coraci
Brittany Clark
Theta Alpha :)
Special shoutouts to Megan Fleming and Lexis Strobel, who helped me bake (I am a disaster in the kitchen) and to the amazing Caroline Burns who has been pretty much guiding me through this process and had the great idea of the bakesale.
I love you all!!
Kelly
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Hello world!
Hello friends and family!!
I started this blog so that I could continually keep everyone updated with the journey God has me on for this summer. I am assuming everyone knows about the trip because you have either received a support letter or are part of my facebook group (If you want a letter, email me (dance912@ufl.edu) or facebook me your address and I will mail you one!)
I am three weeks into raising support and I am at 20%! This is a great start, but I am praying rediculously hard that the rest will start to come in. Its uncomfortable asking friends and family for money, especially with the state of the economy, but God has proven himself faithful no matter what the NASDAQ is for the day. I am gonna try and do supporter shout out on here every time I update.
First ever supporter shout out-
Mom & Pops
Trung Vo
Sarah Connolly
Mark Mappes
Thank you guys so much!!!
The closer I get to the project start date, the more excited I become (current countdown: 65 days!!). I have been meeting some of my fellow project-ers via facebook and I am so stoked to spend my summer with them. Not only am I the only person from UF going, I am the only one from the state of Florida! Everyone else is coming from just about every other state out there- New Mexico, Colorado, North Carolina, Louisiana, Kansas.... I cannot wait.
This is the first of many many many updates to come, and I am going to try and update at least twice a week while I am on project. I am still desperate for support, and literally every penny counts. If you can give $5, thats great. If every single person in my facebook group gave only $5, I would be almost halfway to my goal!! I am so blessed with the most amazing friends and family God could ask for, and I thank God for all of you every night. Please help me on my way to the most amazing summer of my life! If you feel any inkling in your mind or heart right now, go get your checkbook1 This is not only an opportunity for me to trust God with money, it can be an opportunity for you too! If you need it again, my address is
422 SW 10th Street
Gainesville, FL
32601
Have a magical day!!
Kelly
I started this blog so that I could continually keep everyone updated with the journey God has me on for this summer. I am assuming everyone knows about the trip because you have either received a support letter or are part of my facebook group (If you want a letter, email me (dance912@ufl.edu) or facebook me your address and I will mail you one!)
I am three weeks into raising support and I am at 20%! This is a great start, but I am praying rediculously hard that the rest will start to come in. Its uncomfortable asking friends and family for money, especially with the state of the economy, but God has proven himself faithful no matter what the NASDAQ is for the day. I am gonna try and do supporter shout out on here every time I update.
First ever supporter shout out-
Mom & Pops
Trung Vo
Sarah Connolly
Mark Mappes
Thank you guys so much!!!
The closer I get to the project start date, the more excited I become (current countdown: 65 days!!). I have been meeting some of my fellow project-ers via facebook and I am so stoked to spend my summer with them. Not only am I the only person from UF going, I am the only one from the state of Florida! Everyone else is coming from just about every other state out there- New Mexico, Colorado, North Carolina, Louisiana, Kansas.... I cannot wait.
This is the first of many many many updates to come, and I am going to try and update at least twice a week while I am on project. I am still desperate for support, and literally every penny counts. If you can give $5, thats great. If every single person in my facebook group gave only $5, I would be almost halfway to my goal!! I am so blessed with the most amazing friends and family God could ask for, and I thank God for all of you every night. Please help me on my way to the most amazing summer of my life! If you feel any inkling in your mind or heart right now, go get your checkbook1 This is not only an opportunity for me to trust God with money, it can be an opportunity for you too! If you need it again, my address is
422 SW 10th Street
Gainesville, FL
32601
Have a magical day!!
Kelly
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