12.8%!

"Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad." - Proverbs 12:25

Hi Nepal trip friends,

Anxiety and worry have always been two of the sins that come easily to me if I'm not vigilant. Last night, I entered full-on freak out mode marking the date on a caramel bottle at work. They expire after 2 weeks, and I realized that it would be July 1st in 2 weeks. July is, of course, the bar exam(!), and also the drop dead date for my house to be rented. (Technically, it was June 1, but my savings fund was devoted to that water over the dam...) As of right now, both are major prayer requests: Still need a tenant ASAP, and, despite my diligent study, the bar exam is inherently a prayer request for me and my friends taking it!

At the same time, at least 12.8% of the cost of the Nepal trip has been raised--maybe more, since I calculated a few days ago. Thanks so much to my Luis and to Ken and Janet for their generous donations, and to anyone else I may have missed! So, good things are happening, little by little.

My Aunt Christine gave me the analogy of intersecting time lines for bringing our needs to God. We start praying, and our faith starts one time line: -------------------> But the answer is its own separate set of people and circumstances heading toward intersection. _______________> The hard part about waiting is that you can't see the other line heading your way: It looks like nothing's happening. But God is always at work behind the scenes.

I hope this encourages someone else, and, as always, if you can give, pray (especially for prompt rental), or rent my house personally, please do! Thanks very much for your prayers and support.

Love,
Kate