I just wanted to let everyone know, that I am at full support! It is exciting, thrilling, amongst many other words that I cannot describe. I would like to thank everyone who has been praying for me during the time that I have been raising support, especially during these last few days, but most of all thank God. Surely I would not have been able to come near to finishing my support without his guidance and the things that he put in placed that made things possible. I will be moving down from Portland to Eugene in about a week. Keep on praying for the ministry with me, and I will probably update this blog again in a week.
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." - Jesus (John 15:4)
8.30.2009
8.27.2009
The Starting Journey
It is amazing what God does when we simply trust in him. After I heard God's calling for me to continue ministering with the EPIC ministry as an intern after being involved as a student, I felt like God had given me an assignment that seemed impossible. It was not a physical, mental, or spiritual obstacle that I was facing with this internship, rather I was facing a financial one.
This financial situation felt like if it was an immobile mountain that was sitting in my path. As many of you whom I had the opportunity to share with, know that I was facing the challenge of raising financial support for the ministry. It was a substantial amount of money that had to be raised in a very short period of time. I constantly asked myself "what have you gotten yourself into?" Because of the time frame that I was given to raise support, I was afraid of not being able to have it all raised on time. It was not losing an entire summer that I feared (from spending all of my summer raising support and end up not having enough to go), but rather it was the thought of letting my current supporters down, the thought of letting God down that I could not imagine bearing.
Regardless, I knew it was possible. Although I felt as if Jesus had asked me to feed a crowd of 5000 with only 5 loaves of bread and two fish, a couple of verses constantly rolled in the back of my mind reminding me that "I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13); and all that I needed was to "...have faith as small as a mustard seed, you(I) can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you(me)" (Matthew 17:20, emphasis added).
God had called me to this, and I knew he has already paved a path for me to follow. All I needed to do was ask, seek, and knock. As days went by and I continued meeting with people for support, that mountain that once stood in my path started inching away. Faith... such a simple thing that God has asked of us; but because of our nature we make it something so difficult to the point that it may seem impossible. All we need to do is really be like little children (Matthew 18:3-4), and grab on to our Father's hand and allow him to guide us.
This financial situation felt like if it was an immobile mountain that was sitting in my path. As many of you whom I had the opportunity to share with, know that I was facing the challenge of raising financial support for the ministry. It was a substantial amount of money that had to be raised in a very short period of time. I constantly asked myself "what have you gotten yourself into?" Because of the time frame that I was given to raise support, I was afraid of not being able to have it all raised on time. It was not losing an entire summer that I feared (from spending all of my summer raising support and end up not having enough to go), but rather it was the thought of letting my current supporters down, the thought of letting God down that I could not imagine bearing.
Regardless, I knew it was possible. Although I felt as if Jesus had asked me to feed a crowd of 5000 with only 5 loaves of bread and two fish, a couple of verses constantly rolled in the back of my mind reminding me that "I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13); and all that I needed was to "...have faith as small as a mustard seed, you(I) can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you(me)" (Matthew 17:20, emphasis added).
God had called me to this, and I knew he has already paved a path for me to follow. All I needed to do was ask, seek, and knock. As days went by and I continued meeting with people for support, that mountain that once stood in my path started inching away. Faith... such a simple thing that God has asked of us; but because of our nature we make it something so difficult to the point that it may seem impossible. All we need to do is really be like little children (Matthew 18:3-4), and grab on to our Father's hand and allow him to guide us.
8.25.2009
The Beginning
Hey Everyone! I recently decided to start this blog in order to keep people posted on what is going with the EPIC ministry in Eugene, OR; and also updates on what is going on with me as well. Feel free to subscribe or bookmark the page, I'm going to try to keep it as updated as possible.
I do have some request for you as readers, please note that your comments are public and others may view them. Please be respectful of other viewers and their thoughts and comments. If you have any personal things that you want to tell me, feel free to email me: trunam@gmail.com. Thanks.
I do have some request for you as readers, please note that your comments are public and others may view them. Please be respectful of other viewers and their thoughts and comments. If you have any personal things that you want to tell me, feel free to email me: trunam@gmail.com. Thanks.
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