Thee abnormal Adventures of Jeff Kelly

Awoken by books, an alarm clock, and a travel power adapter crashing down on my face at 3am can mean only one thing Voyage Time.   While most nights are surprisingly calm during voyages our first night leaving Western Australia’s beautiful port city of Perth was reckless havoc. The degree of role on the ship since we left has been 17 percent, as explained by the captain,” that’s the worst degree role we’ve had on the Doulos in several years”.   The role (side to side movement) of the ship is vastly different than the normal pitch (front to back) we’ve experienced in the past.  The whole ship was in chaos last night starting at 12:25 am when a 6 meter (20 foot) swell exploded into the left side of the ship sending books, food, and roommates sprawling about the floor.  This is what sailing on the open seas feels like, I thought as I dragged myself out of my bunk stumbling in the dark for the light switch.

While visiting Australia was a life long dream come true for me, I am very glad to be leaving the first world and getting into the Dirt and Hurt of the World.  East Timor is an interesting port to be visiting next after spending three weeks in a comfortable middle class tourist town.  While Perth and Western Australia has its needs and concerns they don’t even begin to match up with the very basic human needs of clothing, medical supplies, literature, and food that have packed our holding spaces for the desperate of East Timor.   A local surfing store has donated loads of clothes free of charge for the locals as well as other generous individuals who have given wheelchairs and encyclopedias for the cause.  Its been a joy loading all these donations throughout our time in Australia, the Aussies have great compassionate hearts for their needy neighbors.

Looking out for pirates, arrrr!!!!

For most of the 70 people that joined the Doulos with me almost 2 months ago this will be the first time they see extreme poverty and for half the first time they visit a third world country in general.  I believe it’s hard to fully prepare for the things that we are going to see but the ships program team has been doing a valiant effort in talking about what to expect from this war torn nation.  While it’s been 3 years since I’ve been to Indonesia (East Timor’s Neighbor) the images and thoughts are still fresh in my mind.  After leaving Indonesia the last time I visited in August 2005, I made a personal vow be back one day and make a real difference when I do.  It’s great how God’s will for my life has brought me back to a wonderful place filled with luscious jungle and beautiful people.   We will be in East Timor for seven days, but I whole heartedly believe these upcoming seven days are going to be a powerful time not only for the people on the island but for crew living on the ship as well.   My specific prayer for our time in East Timor is that God will give each one of us HIS heart for the people and the suffering that we will meet once stepping foot in Dili, the capital of Timor. In particular, God’s compassion and encouragement be felt by every person that enters or even hears about the Ship.  I feel that often times in lands that have little education and distractions Jesus is more powerful and can have a greater impact on peoples hearts.  Once the mind is out of the way people can accept with their hearts and allow God to work throughout a community, city, Nation.       

an evening off of work enjoying Gods wonderful creation

a look from the bridge

My role in lifeboat drills

Lately I’ve been feeling disconnected from God, his love, his encouragement even his peace. It’s amazing that even amongst so many faithful Christians and a vibrant ministry that such separation could take place. I have nobody to blame except myself for all this, I haven’t been faithful in my quiet time and devotional, after losing my Bible I keep forgetting to purchase another one, and even my prayer life has been significantly absent during the past 3 weeks. I have felt lonely even being surrounded by so many friends, not able to comprehend the books I’ve been reading from the library on prophecy and encouragement. The last two days I have made an effort to attend devotions and participate in prayer with friends and cabin mates while this hasn’t made a huge impact in itself, it has been a building block for the things God wants to show me. I do consider this a trial that I am going through and after reading James I am to consider it pure Joy whenever I face trials, instead of running from God or becoming discouraged with my walk with God, I am to learn on him more and put more effort and focus on Him instead of my situation or the things going on around me.

Today started off just like any other day, I woke up tired and not looking forward to working in the gloomy, rainy weather outside. After breakfast I attended the devotional put on by Dan and Suzie Potter about building relationships. I feel that this especially spoke to me because I’ve noticed that I can be very friendly and outgoing with people on the ship and in general, but for the most part I am shallow with them and only say hello or how are you while passing in the hallway. This has challenged me to open up more about my personal struggles as well as make time to listen to others with what they may be going through. I am currently reading a book about encouragement and the great power that it can bring to fellow Christians and anyone for that matter. It focuses on Barnabas and the huge impact that he was able to have on Paul and the early church. In the same way that encouragement can be a blessing to people’s lives, gossip can have a devastating effect on relationships especially between Christians. One of the main focuses of Christianity is Christ’s love and sharing that love with those we come in contact with. If we are gossiping and talking down to others, we mentally separate from those we talk about and put ourselves above them distancing us from them and creating a barrier that stops the spread of Love. If the number one thing that attracts others to Jesus and subsequently Christianity is Love, We are automatically defusing the greatest testimony by reverse encouragement (Gossip).

Mo led a great Deck department devotional today on prayer and how we can focus our prayers through 4 different stages. First, to acknowledge God and worship Him for saving us and everything he has instilled in us. Secondly, confess our sins and our hearts desires to God, asking for forgiveness in all that we do apart from him. Third we should pray for others around us, this can be friends, family or even countries and things the spirit lays on our hearts at that specific time. Lastly, we can come and ask him for things in our life, specific things that we would like to see happen. By following this order we can set up our priorities to be that of self sacrifice, creating a prayer time that is not self focused or just throwing up words to an empty sky, hoping they get answered. It makes it much more personal and sacrificial to the God of the World. Allowing Him to work and answer our prayers and ultimately his will to be done. As a department we all prayed through these steps and wow what an impact it had on me immediately. As I stated in the opening of this entry, my prayer life has been weak and almost non existence. This time enabled me to confess sins that have been distancing me from God, Pray for brothers in India that are facing persecution during a Jesus Film presentation just yesterday, and awesomely Ask God to put one person in my life today that needs encouragement or comfort. As we all know, God answers prayer, and here is another example of him delivering. This morning after dedicating this day to Him in prayer and asking him to put someone in my day that needed The Lord. We were given the day off to go throughout the city and promote the Doulos. I headed out with 200 flyers and a belief that God was going to use me somehow. As I walked along the streets to the main section of the city I prayed that God would deliver me from timidity, and give me boldness for Him. I stated that I was not out here to just pass out propaganda about the Doulos but instead listen, encourage, and be a vessel for Christ to use. I didn’t know how he would use me this day, or even if anyone would come to the ship as a result of talking with me. I did believe that God heard my prayer and was waiting for me to ask him honestly to be used in order for him to wake me up from my spiritual mini slumber.

The first man I saw after my prayer was sitting on a bench outside a closed church, I approached and handed him a Doulos flyer and ask him nicely “ if he had seen the world’s oldest ship that was in town?”, He responded, yeah I saw it on the news, can’t wait to get down there”. After a few minutes of friendly chatter, the man( who appeared to be in his mid 60’s) introduced himself to me as David and told me he had been a believer for 20 something years now but still struggled with many things. As he continued to open up to me about his Life and the 3 marriages he had previously been in, I felt that he had lost hope. He was severely discouraged and confused about our power as Christians over the devil and his temptation and lies. Every time he would speak negatively or admit the evils grip over a certain area of his life, I would counterattack with a Bible verse that instantly popped into my head. Reassuring Him that the devil is so scared that I am even talking with him right now made him smile and I could feel his burden beginning to lift. I encouraged him that the power of Christ’s blood rules over the earth and everything in it, that because he was saved as a Christian, He has the power to destroy the lies that Satan has been feeding him. Running out of verses I simply asked him if I could pray for him right there and what requests he had if any. He became very excited as he told me nobody had voluntarily prayed for him in the last 2 years, and that he desperately needed strength. What happened next was unbelievable, As I began to pray over him, I felt a power come over me and boldness began to come out through my lips at a rapid speed. I felt I had no control over the things I was saying, but at the same time David was being Blanketed by God’s Love, and being released of things he had been holding onto for years. His weathered hand gripped tight onto my shoulder as I began to press deeper and deeper into the spirit. He began to weep at the requests the spirit was putting on my Heart as strangers passed by us on the public sidewalk no doubt intrigued. I demanded strength for Davids life, rebuked any lies that he may be living or believing and thanked God for putting him in my path this day. I ended the prayer by thanking God that one day me and David will be sitting at a grand ole feast in heaven remembering this day that God brought us together. After we finished in prayer, David told me he physically felt a burden being lifted off is back, he smiled as he told me his life was changed and that he was rededicating his life to Jesus. He wrote down my name on a piece of paper and promised to come visit the ship and share a meal with me on board. I look forward to meeting with Him again and telling him how much of an answer to prayer he is.

Today I learned that making yourself available to God is the biggest and hardest part of ministry. This has been special day for me and my relationship with Jesus. No distractions can get in the way of his Loving Plan.

Prayer requests

1. God will continue to do radical things like my experience with David, especially in East Timor (next port)

2. That i can bring encouragement to those that desperately need it.

3. Strength and rest on board, and a good voyage to East Timor.

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A five day voyage across Australia’s most treacherous waters, slamming full speed ahead at 13 knots in 10-12 foot seas doesn’t create a pretty picture, especially with 350 plus people living together. To me this voyage from the port of Geelong in Southern Australia to Albany in Western Australia is an adventure that I haven’t been able to get enough of since it started 3 days ago. The non stop pitch of the ship from front to back has 75 percent of the crew hugging their toilets and walking about aimlessly, pail faced, and fully equipped with a pillow in one hand and a plastic bag clinched tight in the other.

MORNING DEVOTIONS...

For those of us that have been feeling quite overwhelmed with our private space totally torn down this is a welcomed experience. The Ship is empty, there is plenty of space to read, listen to God, and Journal without the constant interruptions that found us in the port before. I am beginning to feel at Home here on the Doulos, being in strange villages and towns the only thing that remains constant in my life is this 94 year old ship. While in port, the Ship is such an attraction to the public (which is awesome) that it is very hard to find time to fellowship with those that are part of the crew, living on board. This voyage has really been a blessing for me to interact with people that I have seen but have yet to meet in port due to their or my business. Card games and Movie Nights are a big deal here while on voyages, since no one can leave the ship it is a great way to get close to our “House mates”.

FELLOW DECKIES LEONARD (KENYA) AND NICKERSON (FIJI ISLANDS)

In the Deck Department we meet every morning before work and have devotions together, which usually entails, prayers, acoustic praise and worship with our manly bass filled voices, then team announcements. The thirty plus deckhands are broken down into work groups consisting of 6-8 people per team. This has been a blessing for me to work, laugh, and pray hard with the guys in my team. God has already given me insight into what the next 2 years will be like working within these same groups while developing life long friendships with fellows from; Fiji, Germany, New Zealand, Kenya, and Sweden. One of the things I enjoy most about my time here has been these devotions. Being able to surrender my Day and especially my attitude to the Lord in prayer with my brothers has been Epic. I can’t imagine living a Life or working a job without having this. It is such an incredible action to take part in before doing anything else, Thank you Lord!! The past few Nights I have been laying awake in my bunk unable to sleep because of the pure excitement and Joy that God has put in my Life everyday. I am so blessed to have this experience in Life, Apart from God’s direction and Your support I would never be here to Live this, so I thank you once again.

OUR WARM NIGHT WATCH BOX

Please keep our next port of Albany in your prayers, while we are only there for a short time (5 days) there seems to be some trouble brewing with the harbor master. While we do have permission to be there and we are invited, this particular man does not believe in our cause and has vowed to make our short stay very difficult. We will not be allowed to have sewage lines run from the port, so we need to pay trucks to come, which is very expensive and not something we normally encounter. This man has also criticized the Doulos for many things that aren’t true. I believe that He is angry at God for some reason and taking it out on us. Either way, I have been praying for God to change His heart and to allow this man to open His heart to God’s grace and forgiveness and to accept salvation, furthermore please keep this man in your prayers. Also here in Australia they have a very strict security policy, which means we have not had the freedom to evangelize to people in the streets, or share the gospel through mimes or dramas like we usually do. It’s hard to believe that such a tolerant western country like Australia would have such strict rules and enforce them so aggressively. On the other hand we had a tremendous turnout from people in Geelong coming through the Bookstore and the tours of the ship itself. Sometimes I forget how powerful the Ship itself is in Ministry, and How God can use this 94 year old, rusty, slow, Ship for His marvelous Glory.

OUR HOME DURING VOYAGE

How are you doing? What’s new in your Life? I miss you a lot and I miss not hearing from you on a regular basis. The ship does have a fully equipped satellite, and the best part is the phone number to the Ship is a U.S. Number based in Broward County, Fl (Ft Lauderdale). Meaning I can receive calls from you all just like I was back in the states at no additional or long-distance charges, Amen. We have operators on board that will take the calls then page us on the ships P.A. system telling us we have a very special phone call. Quite a comfort, I Know but if you saw the size of the cockroaches in my bed/bathroom you would realize that everything balances out Here is the phone number (1-954-518-7219) for those of you that would like to give me a call and encourage me along this journey.

Until next time friend,

May God soak you in

HIS joy,

compassion,

and encouragement.

Tranquil SEA

SUNRISE

GODS GLORY!!!!!!!

SUNSET

This is the moment I’ve been trying to imagine in my mind for the last 9 months, walking up the main stairwell of the Doulos for the first time. The emotions, thoughts, and visuals overwhelming as the remaining crew of over 200 people stood on the decks waving flags and cheering for our welcome. After being in two separate training conferences for the last 4 weeks, the first in Holland and the later being in Victoria, Australia it was hard to stay focused and remember that this training will be needed for the next 2 years of ship life. To be completely honest I was beginning to doubt the fact that the Doulos even existed. Sure I’ve heard plenty of stories concerning ministry, life on board, the cabin space, and the gigantic cockroaches, but I needed to experience this on my own, especially the roaches…

We were all told the night before we left our conference what department we are to be joining once on the ship. Tensions ran high all over as people began to speculate which department they would be put into and spend the majority of their time serving in. There is a special pride taken within each department on board the Doulos, naturally everyone thinks there department is the best and most important. All of us were called out to a giant Bonfire, bongos and guitars were being played, and we were chosen one by one to open an envelope that gave us our job titles. It was great how not even one person was aware of the information so it was a total surprise to all of us, and there were a few that were not happy with their departments. Thankfully I am excited and happy with being placed on the Deck department with all the other Studley men. The daily duties of us deckhands include ships maintenance, security while in port, sea fairing, and navigation from the Captains Bridge. All these are important to the daily schedule of the ship and a great opportunity to remain in Shape during the next 2 grueling years on the Doulos.

Once we were all notified who was in our department we immediately orchestrated a Deck department getaway to a cliff overlooking the ocean, more than a 2 mile hike from the Bonfire. There was 14 of us men altogether on the journey, a truly awesome time to bond and get to know the brothers that I’ll be working, sleeping, laughing, crying, and worshiping God alongside for the next 2 years. Once atop the cliff we decided to all let out a giant scream to God for something that we desire to have Him show us in the future. I decided that above all else I want God to show me HIS love for others and just how I was made to Love and adore our Lord. All screaming out together was an tremendous event that neither the neighbors nor I will forget anytime soon.

That same night we wereassigned to our Jobs onboard we were also given our cabin assignments and roommates that we will be sharing such tight cabins with. I was assigned to a cabin with three other men all of which joining for the first time, our room is located in the very front of the ship, but still above water, unlike the Engine guys beneath us. The diversity in my cabin is remarkable, a floating United Nations all wrapped up in a 7×7 foot Bunk bed infested cabin. My bunk mate Adam hails from South England and has prior deck experience of his own before joining this ship. My other cabin mate is Won Lee from South Korea; he speaks excellent English and is an Awesome, clean, friendly, and super polite Guy, which are great characteristics to have in a cabin mate. On top of his Bunk is Wileon Smuts, originally from South Africa most recently living in New Zealand. Having known these men for the last 4 weeks during our training, I am very grateful to have them in my cabin with me, it’s a privilege to have such diversity so close and it allows us to accept each others cultures while learning new things.

Last night I was feeling overwhelmed and frustrated at how we were still not at the ship yet and the amount of information that was being directed at us during the past 3 weeks. I went for a walk through some Mountains close by our camping site to clear my head and listen to God. I was given the Bible for my MP3 player earlier in the week and was looking forward to listening to Gods word while walking the cold Australian outback. I remember shouting out to God as I started walking into the night, asking Him “Why a God who made everything in this universe such a creative, unique, Awesome God would want a relationship with me?” I have to admit I’ve been pondering this question a lot recently and not sure where to start to understand where any of us are worthy of His presence much less His Love and Grace. It definitely makes my relationship with God more real and two- way and personal. The main thought that kept pouring into my heart was, “I have disobeyed, wrongfully neglected, and even disowned you Jesus and yet somehow your love for me just grows and you have never neglected me during any of those times. After close to an hour in deep meditation and prayer to the most gracious yet powerful presence in History, he not only answered my weak, selfish questions but opened my heart to understand a few important concepts that I never fully felt or understood before this time.

Thank you all for you prayers and encouragement over the past few weeks, I really appreciate it and I could never take this awesome journey without your encouragement and support. I mean it, THANK YOU!!!

Here are a few more pictures that I’ve taken along the way, If you like what you see and would like to see more click on the Flickr Picture link on the top or right side of the page and Enjoy!!

Bells Beach Australia

Greetings friend,

From the cold dreary Dutch countryside where God has been really leaning into me.  I have been here in Holland for the last 10 days and God is already doing amazing things in my heart, attitude, and spirit. Allowing the Holy Spirit to come and take over in my Life has been such an Awesome expierirance.

There are over 250 people here attending this conference with me before heading out as missionaries for the Gospel with Operation Mobilization. 30 plus countries are represented here by passionate christians of all age groups. God has just amazed me with this much diversity in language, culture, and skin color yet have such a unifying presence in Christ. HE keeps reminding me of such a true testiment this is to His nature. He will use ordinary people from very unlikely backgrounds to be the spreaders of His Holy, sacred news. I truly believe that this many people from such diverse locations were living this close for any other reason than Christ ( with his Grace) there would be loads of fighting, corruption, and many other of the worlds ugliest sins.

Our time here has been very productive with teachings, worship, fellowship, and a little bit of free time to wonder about the Dutch countryside and photograph windmills, hey Its Holland!!! There has been a lot of Wisdom given to us during this time, at times it can be very over welming to process it all and keep on chugging. I have benefited greatly from meeting loads of new friends and colleuages during this time, gathering encouragement and sparking new passions in my life from others that Long to know Christ more.

Among the many important people here, there are a few men that I’ve gotten the chance to talk with and hear their courages stories and childhoods. Caesar is a man that escaped Sudan in the mid 90’s apart from his parents and trusted God to deliver Him from the War-torn land that he grew up in and watched so many of his friends perish under. Hos faith is so strong and His smile is so Much , such a blessing to have the opportunity to meet men like this through God’s awesome favor. RJ is a Go conference roommate of my future shipmate Jeremy, and RJ has a great testimony of Growing up a Christian in Pakistan and the persecution that he endured for His Faith in Christ Jesus. RJ was telling me a story of how he would get beaten up daily for walking through a very Passionate Muslim section of Pakistan, showing me the scares on His hands then he went into detail about how the beatings felt and how often they took place. He admitted that after months of beatings from walking through this section of town the Muslims respected him and his perseverance and allowed him to pass through un-harmed. God is calling up Strong men In the world, I am really blessed to have the opportunity to meet and share Christs love and Grace with like minded people that the Lord has Raised up from everywhere.

Thursday was a very special day for me, I spent about 3 hours in prayer and fasting with the Lord. I praised Him for the great things he has been showing me latley, praised him with songs while sitting in the middles of a cow pasture, and cried at how his grace and forgiveness continues to baffle me. I meditated a few hours on Psalm 15 and How relevant that is for me.  The Night was designated a worship time,

Tonight was the last night of the conference, starting at 5am in the morning everyone will be going off thier seperate ways. It was a great night of worship and prayer as each region of the world was called up on stage in order to have hands laid on them in prayer for the future hardships that we will undoubtedly face.

As we leave tomorrow at 7am for Australia to meet up with the Doulos, we are all both excited and nervous of what our home will be like for the next 2 years.  Keep me in your prayers please for:

1. Protection while traveling from Holland to Australia

2.  God being alive in my daily life and speaking to me clearly

3. The holy spirit to guide me daily and convict me of HIS will

I look forward to hearing from you all, please email me our leave me a comment and let me know how all you are. Here are a few pictures of Holland for you to enjoy in the meantime.

May God continue to Show His AWESOME presence in you Life…

I have been waiting for this experience for the last 9 months, finally the time has come for me to Join the Doulos for the next 2 years. Because I’ve been preparing and packing for the last 2 months I am physically ready and excited to go but I would be lieing if I said there was no fear or uncertainty in my mind before this adventure takes place. I do believe that God has prepared a way for me to go through with this and that HE is the one who has given me the passions for traveling and helping people, so that has made it easier for me to deal with the transition of not only living away from Home but living on a ship for 2 years.

Before I left I had an awesome opportunity (Thanks to my Beautiful Mom’s awesome Gift of Hospitality) to see my Friends and supporters who have encouraged me from day one and continue to pray for me during this new journey. We enjoyed great food, fellowship, and Hugs as over 45 friends come over to my parents house bringing with them gifts, note cards of encouragement, and their favorite Bible verse. I am so blessed to have such a solid backing in my life and I am reminded of that by my heavenly Father every time I get lonely or anxious about not being at Home. It says clearly in God’s word that we should not worry or fear about the future in any way, whether that by about what we are going to eat or wear or even do, for God holds the answers to the Future and he will provide for our every need. I am so eager to see how God changes me during these next 2 years, I know I will be such a different person, HE truly is in control, and I am so thankful for His grace and mercy. I have a detailed personal handwritten journal as well as this to keep you all informed.

If you could please keep me in your prayers, especially for the following…

1. Safe flight to Australia to join the Doulos.

2. Patience and energy during first few weeks on board.

3. For me to be a witness to Christ and die of my fleshly desires.

If I someone where to ask me whether I thought that In just 5 short weeks I would have all my financial support committed for the next 25 months, I would have laughed and said “thats not possible”.  I would have been completely wrong though since recently I just went over my  estimated Goal of $ 25,000 needed to go on the Doulos boat in August.  Thats right in that short of time God raised the money for me to be able to take part in what looks to be the greatest journey I have taken to date.

I need to emphasize greatly that God was really the one behind this, and that I had absolutely nothing to do with the generous giving that has come from people all over the United States.  Many believe that when raising support you have to be a great salesperson and convince people to give to you. In fact it was quite the opposite for  me in my recent joyous experience.  God indeed touched the hearts of people i spoke with and in turn the financial aspect of this journey has been so solid.

Along with deep prayer time, scripture memorizing, and trusting in God to provide for His Kingdom I participated in a few Fasting days that helped me to Focus on Gods word and the reason why I am going on this Journey.  It was my first expperience with fasting and spending that time with the Lord and I have to say It was a remarkable time for me.  I especially love to eat to this is a great way for me to sacrifice something that I love and spend that time searching for His wisdom and advice.

Overall I learned from the process of raising support that all the money in this World belong to God, and when we make a decision to follow Him in our lives he will provide for Us, Financially,emotionally, and socially.  The people that Give to God Kingdom are blessed immensely and their Treasures are abundant not only in Heaven but here on Earth as well. I know I have been blessed greatly by the generosity of my supporters and I encourage everyone to Give to God in the ways he makes possible in your Life.

How Fruitful the Lord has been to me on this 3 hour trip Southbound via Interstate-95.

Meeting with People and families that I have know for most of my life (20 + years) has been exciting to say the least.  Sharing what God is doing in my Life on a one on one basis with people is such a great experience for me to be able to go through.  The great thing about sharing with people in person is that everyone has been super excited not just to see me but support Gods work in me. which is a HUGE answer to prayer.

Going into this oppurntunity I was a little hesitant on how others would view Me, this Journey, and my relationship with them over the years.  God has delivered so much for me during these times it has been wonderful to see him do such great things on my behalf.  The best part is that HE is nowhere near done working for and In me, I have this comforting feeling that the Best is yet to come…

Keep me in your prayers as I meet with some great people over the next few days and share what God is doing in my life.  Pray specifically for the rest of my support to come in and for protection as I travel back to Orlando.

The Lord is doing so many miraculous things in my Life on a daily basis the line is blurring from where his miracles end and regular life picks up.  I have really felt led by the Spirit lately, something I’ve failed in the past to experience on a daily basis.

Between all the work I have been doing on my House in order to get it up for sale, and the constant mental perseverance’s of calling and meeting with people for my support needs, it can be really easy for me to lose sight of the Goals I have set for myself.

Speaking of support raising, God has been Blessing me every single day with gifts and new people wanting to partner up with me.  Only God could deliver such generous hearts to the needs of His Kingdom.  I gotta admit that I was a bit skeptical of how God would provide the money for this trip especially looking to raise more than 21,000 dollars in about 2 months.  But the Lord is so faithful and generous to those who seek to do his will.  From the time I started raising support there has been a contribution from someone on every single day who’s heart God has touched  to give  back to His Kingdom.

I would love for all of you (If anyone actually reads this) to specifically pray for my finances to reach 100 percent in the next month.  Also that my heart is fully prepared by God to go through this Journey.  That my Daily time in his word will be used to fully shape my character and become the Man of God, He wants me to be.

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