The Envelope

As I have mentioned before, Daniel and I are raising support for our big move to Malawi, Africa for 12 months. We originally sent out a support letter about 2 months ago to family and friends and then recently sent out our first monthly e-newsletter. It has been extremely humbling to watch God provide for us in this way. I mean, for God to call us to do something big like this is pretty HUGE but then to watch God use other people and have them give in sacrificial ways is even more humbling! Well, tonight when Daniel came home he checked the mail and set it on the counter when he walked in the door. And as is my new custom, I scanned through it for any support envelopes but there were none...just a few bills, mortgage statements and junk mail. Not a big deal, I went back to preparing dinner. Well about 30 minutes later, there was a knock at the door...it was Brandon from upstairs and he handed me an envelope. As I said thanks, I reached out my hand for the envelope...there it was...one of our support envelopes! I couldn't believe that he was handing this to me...he was on his blue tooth but I assumed that it had mistakenly been placed in his mailbox. As I opened it I thanked God that it had been returned to us....and as I opened it I screamed...it had been the BIGGEST check we have received so far! I couldn't believe that the biggest check we had received so far for support had ALMOST been lost in someone else's mailbox! Oh wow! Daniel and I are just so thankful that God is stretching us this way through our faith...that He is providing for our needs with this huge adventure and journey that awaits us. We have just no idea what this next part of our life holds for us...but we know that it is going to be HUGE! Thank you, God, for showing us affirmation to this journey, we are so pumped for all that You have done and will do!