Day 7 of 8. We made it!! We do not live on bread alone

THANK YOU!  Here we are in our last 24 hours and we already passed our goal of $9,000!   Our first year of missionary work is already half covered!   God is so good!   We will keep the Facebook campaign going for this last day.  Anything that is given at this point will get us ahead towards our overall annual goal of $18,000.   So if you are still considering giving, God still has need of your generosity!  Click here. You still have a post for day 8 of 8 to look forward to.   After the holiday weekend, we will share the success of this week with the final tally.

We are so blessed by the One would gives all all good gifts!   Despite all of our efforts and all work we do, it is God who blesses and brings things to fruition.   Today's psalm from Mass reminds us that "One does not live by bread alone, but every word that comes from the mouth of God."  We depend on God.   Bread takes work and effort.   The wheat needs to be planted and harvested.   The grain needs to be separated and ground into flour.   The flour needs to be mixed and baked into bread.  If bread represents our work and our efforts, then we rely not on ourselves but on our loving God.  This does not mean that we do not need bread, but it is not what we ultimately rely on.   This doesn't mean that we don't have work to do and effort to apply, but at the end of the day, we trust in God, not ourselves.

Over this past week it has been a joy sharing our story with you.   But what has been an even greater blessing is seeing God working in your lives inspiring so many of you to support us and join us!   Even with all our efforts, had God not lead your hearts to partner with us with your generous prayers and gifts, we would not have had the success that we are experiencing at the time!   Praise God!  And thank you!

On another note, we are also very proud of Elijah.   In a previous blog post we shared how he first felt God's calling to become a missionary at a week-long camp run by the People of Praise.   This was before we even told our children that we were considering FMC.   This past week he returned for another year.   Check out this video of Elijah giving his testimony in front of 100+ campers and 40+ staff members!

Finally, we are also very excited and thankful for Fr. Leon and our parish, St. Gregory the Great for not only letting us share our story in this week's bulletin, but for featuring it on the front page!   See below!