Example- 5+2=5000 R12= God's math
Example- selling a house without even trying= God's math
Example- hate yard sales, have the buyers of the house want and need all of your furniture=God's math
Example- sell house at certain said price, get full offer + an extra $1,000.= God's math
Example- being concerned about not knowing anyone in a new country, having people near us and friends and a family and church family before we even put our feet in that country=God's math
Example- selling everything you own, depending on people that God will use to fund our survival to live in another country doing HIS work, learning another, if not two languages, leaving everything we know as "normal life" and giving it up to become servants of an unbelievable, unseen, and unknown God to many parts of the world=God's math.
I know that God will provide everything we need--then why is it so hard to try to get it to add up??!!
Today I was talking to a co worker, and she has been pushing me to send out our support raising letters. I told her that I just didn't feel like it was time. I told her I am sooooo far out of my comfort zone! I told her, "I have no problem selling everything I own, I have no problem going to another country to live, I have no fear or problems with taking my children into another country--but tell me I have to ask people to give me money! FORGET IT! I just can't do it! She responded with, "You are not asking people for money for YOU, it is not for YOU, it is not because of YOU."
What an eye opener!
So, if you want to be a part of GOD'S WORK in Costa Rica and you would like to partner with US doing GOD'S WORK. Please feel free to get in contact with us. We would love to sit and talk with you about what God has planned for us and how you can be a part of it! I promise it will be a wild, but amazing journey!
(Side note: For those of you who really haven't heard the details of our mission plans, we will have to raise all of our own support through friends, family, acquaintances, etc. We are not supported by an agency or a mission organization. We will not be able to work to earn an income, so everything we need is 100% donor--long term supporters, one time gifts, etc. Our church is our sending agency and they will handle all of our finances--they are supporting us as well, but not 100% of the support is from our church. Most of our support will have to come from multiple sources. That is where we are now, trying to find people who believe in our mission of doing God's work in San Jose, Costa Rica. We are partnering with an organization called the Abraham Project--a multifaceted operation with various ministries. We are not going with a specific purpose or role--we were asked to join the mission and we are going with open hearts and open minds and being flexible. We are willing to serve in any way needed. This could include, but is not limited to: house parents, leading teams, working construction, fundraising(eek!), running a guest house, teaching English, working with the Deaf community, interpreting, traveling, helping in the children's homes, subbing for the house parents, working in the medical and consultation offices, cleaning, delivering, supporting--being used, utilized and serving any way needed! So please, take this time to pray for us and to see if God lays it on your heart to partner with us--or if you happen to have lots of money that you have no idea what to do with--and get in contact with us! We would love to share what God has been doing in our lives since the last time our paths crossed!) THANK YOU!
Contact us: crawfords4him@me.com
Send us support:
Southside Christian Church
PO Box 456
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
memo line: Crawfords or Costa Rica
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In HIM,
The Crawfords
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