Giving Up? Or Giving it to God?

In my last post, I talked about how my perspective of this summer was off. Not only was my perspective off, but I had also lost all motivation to continue fundraising. However, that Wednesday, Chi Alpha brought in a guest speaker who preached on perseverance. I went to the altar that night and repented for giving up; but then I told God I wouldn't leave until there was a change in my attitude. I spent a while praying on my own and with other people, and I left that night after completely giving my budget to God. I realized there's a huge difference between giving up (admitting defeat) and giving it to God (relying on the only One who can actually do it). God showed me that I had come to a rough spot because I was trying to do it on my own - my way. I hadn't let Him lead and direct me. I wasn't leaning on Him as He did the work. Right then and there, I started leaning on Him. All of a sudden, fundraising became easier. Yes, I was doing more work and spending more time on it, but I wasn't stressed about it because I knew God had it under control. Between that Wednesday and last Friday (10 days), over $1,300 came in for my budget! This is a total miracle! There's also a chance that our hosts will be able to purchase our plane tickets to Indo from the Philippines at a greatly reduced price. If that happens, my budget will be reduced by hundreds. Will you please pray with us interns that this happens and we will all continue to see these kinds of results in our fundraising?