pictures 1) A classmate and I practice support-raising calls, using bananas as phones. 2) Ten of us attended the two week Missionary Candidate School at CEF headquarters in Warrenton, MO.
“God’s heavenly Excel spreadsheet of supporters is already full for each one of us,” one of my classmates at Missionary Candidate School encouraged us earlier this week. After several days of discussing methods for raising the prayer and financial support necessary to work with Child Evangelism Fellowship®, we were a little overwhelmed at the thought of 12 - 18 months spent writing letters, making phone calls, and paying visits in order to gain our full support. But I was relieved as I thought about God sitting in His desk chair (perhaps a swivel throne) surrounded by ten laptops, each displaying a different student’s completed spreadsheet. After all, if God owns “…the cattle on a thousand hills” (Psalm 50:10, NIV), why couldn’t they be the cows from Dell computer commercials?
Unfortunately, I wasn’t thinking about that divine spreadsheet later this week when I was the one sitting in a swivel chair preparing to make my first call. I wasn’t even thinking about how I had already practiced the conversation with a classmate, each of us talking on bananas while our teachers (the ones making us use the bananas) took pictures. Or how I had practiced out loud by myself enough times to make the girl one room over think I was crazy. Or how I had spent the last few minutes praying something like, “Help. Help. Help.” I was actually thinking, Answering machine. This is my answer to prayer! And I thought that for two more calls.
But on the next call, the true answer to prayer came. A lady from my church answered the phone. Even though she was having company soon, she asked me to call back later, happily agreeing to get together so I could share about my ministry.
Praise God! Soon I will start my earthly supporter spreadsheet.
Thank you for praying,
Chelsey
Praise God That:
· On May 6 I was accepted as a CEF missionary candidate.
· On May 23 I completed the Missionary Candidate School.
Please Pray That:
· I will be able to raise my full support in God’s timing.
· I will keep a positive attitude as I raise support, trusting in God to provide.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t thinking about that divine spreadsheet later this week when I was the one sitting in a swivel chair preparing to make my first call. I wasn’t even thinking about how I had already practiced the conversation with a classmate, each of us talking on bananas while our teachers (the ones making us use the bananas) took pictures. Or how I had practiced out loud by myself enough times to make the girl one room over think I was crazy. Or how I had spent the last few minutes praying something like, “Help. Help. Help.” I was actually thinking, Answering machine. This is my answer to prayer! And I thought that for two more calls.
But on the next call, the true answer to prayer came. A lady from my church answered the phone. Even though she was having company soon, she asked me to call back later, happily agreeing to get together so I could share about my ministry.
Praise God! Soon I will start my earthly supporter spreadsheet.
Thank you for praying,
Chelsey
Praise God That:
· On May 6 I was accepted as a CEF missionary candidate.
· On May 23 I completed the Missionary Candidate School.
Please Pray That:
· I will be able to raise my full support in God’s timing.
· I will keep a positive attitude as I raise support, trusting in God to provide.
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