back to the drawing board...

Well, after a practically post-less summer in Colorado, I'm back in Michigan working on developing my team of ministry partners. I'll probably give a few updates here and there about my percentages, but it'll most likely take a month or two before I really know how close I am currently, since I'm meeting with people who've been on my team (before) to confirm their support and catch up with them (and that takes time...). At present, I'm officially around 9% of my support, but there are still many-a-person to confirm with, and a decent number of these are faithful givers.

This week in particular has been a sort of whirlwind; I travelled up to the UP for a couple of days in the beginning of the week, and now I'm in Grand Rapids (both to meet with ministry partners). I'll be back "home" (my parents' house, so not even my own place, really) tomorrow sometime, and hit the appointment trail again there Monday.

Please pray for me! I love my job, and I love meeting with my partners to share with them what God has been doing through our ministry together, but I also can succumb to fearfulness in the process, trying to take control from God and hoping to just be done ASAP instead of trusting His timing.

One of the biggest (and most difficult, but most important) tasks I have to focus on now is gaining more contacts--more people I can call and share with about our ministry. Statistically, it'll take about 1000 people called for me to get my 200+ appointments that will turn into X amount of dollars and however many partners. Simply put, I don't know 1000 people, let alone 1000 families/couples/people to contact!

Please pray:
**I would believe God and trust Him faithfully through the whole process of developing my ministry team so I can report to my new assignment--the University of Toledo.
**My current partners would be willing to share contacts with me--people they know and would ask to partner with them if they were in my place (these don't need to be wealthy, sure-to-give people, just people who would be encouraged to hear about what God is doing in the lives of college students!).
**I would continue to walk solidly with God, growing in my relationship with Him.