October 15, 2007
By: JP
Category: FCA Prayer List
- My last prayer list I indicated we would be meeting with a special friend of our FCA ministry. That meeting was just amazing! As always, our prayer going into any type of donor relations meeting is that we could bless them that day. It really was awesome to see that played out! We had a chance to pray for an encourage this special follower of Christ! It was a highlight of my week!
- This week I will have many meetings with UCSB teams to tell them about FCA. Please pray particularly for open ears and hearts of the freshmen and transfer student-athletes. We will likely kickoff our regular Huddle meetings in two weeks.
- Also scheduled this week is a meeting with some our graduating seniors who are still in town. This is an important group, as they were such a core part of our ministry the past 4 years! I feel like God has a special place for them in the direction of our ministry this year, though I’m not yet certain how that might look. Please pray for clarity for all of us as we navigate this!
- It’s such a blessing for me to continue to stay in touch with alums … and as my years with FCA continue to grow (I’m now at 5 1/2 years!) there are more and more alums to stay in touch with! Please pray I’d do that effectively as I continue to see that as important part of my calling with FCA!
- I would like to ask you to pray for a senior athlete at UCSB. I received an email from her grandmother, a faithful follower of Jesus and friend of FCA, asking us to reach out to her granddaughter. Please pray for opportunities we might have with this young woman. We are committed to praying and watching to see how God moves!
- Now, this is going to be a bit of a strange praise, because it reveals how crazy and unorganized my life feels like right now … but as many of you know, funding has continued to be an ongoing issue. In fact, I think my account has been in the negative for most of the last 12 months. The past 3 months or so it’s reached “critical mass” … It was hard for me to understand, as I’ve dropped my expenses considerably (having moved to 3/4 time) and gained several new financial partners. When Erin McGrath and I were talking last Wednesday, she said, “Jen, what is going on with your finances?” I said, “Ugh … I know … it’s bad! Let me see how many checks I’ll receipt today.” I proceeded to pull out my file and count the checks, which didn’t come close to equaling the amount I would need them too! Then I flipped through a couple of papers in that file, and suddenly there more checks, hiding behind and between a few financial reports. I started counting them, and all of the sudden, the total was up over $7000! WOW! Where had those been hiding? How did I miss those the last few Wednesdays when I receipted checks? It was a fun realization (once again) that God provides at the perfect time, even if it’s just to find something we’d previously lost! Despite such a great find, I’m not certain it’s enough to get my account in the positive for October, but it’s certainly enough to get me to the next miracle moment God brings along!
