The Lord's Provision, part deux!

ok so, if you don't know yet, then I'm just going to begin here with how my trip to the DR (If you already know this, then drop down to the * to skip the long story that I am likely to type):

alright, so I wrote a blog back in December about the Lord's provision, how He completely took care of me in my time of need, and granted me the opportunity to serve Him over winter break by going to the Dominican Republic. I drove down to Louisville fearful of the snow on December 27th thinking that I was going to be in warm weather in a little over a day. I was truly looking forward to it and I was as prepared as I could make myself for the journey ahead. I got home, checked my bags, and began to settle in for a night in my cool apartment.

I had no idea that the Lord's plans were different from mine. I fully believe that what happened the next day happened for a reason; I was meant to prepare for the trip to the Dominican, but I was also not meant to actually go. Due to a reason beyond my control, the trip got canceled the morning I was going to leave for the Dominican. I was upset and I'm not gonna lie, I cried (ok, what's new... I cry all of the time (: ). I really didn't know how to react, but I also knew that there was nothing that anyone could do to change the situation. I believe that things like this happen for a reason. I was comforted by the Word and knew that God was in control.

*It has been quite a few weeks since the trip was canceled and I think it is now safe to post this blog. Like I said before, I was not meant to go on that trip and God had different plans for me and my winter break. I spent a lot of time with friends and I ended up going to Passion 2010 where I learned a lot about the glory of God. I was humbled and would love to talk about it with anyone who is interested.

Now, I'm gonna take some time to write about my plans for spring break. The cancellation of the trip in December has actually opened the door for me to go to Haiti in March. I was originally going to just push my trip to the summer, but I decided otherwise once I heard about the earthquake that hit Haiti a few weeks ago. Almost immediately, I wanted to go. I went to EDGE the next day to talk about the possibility of going. Soon after, there were several people wanting to go to Haiti, which is great! They were willing to serve a people group that needed help.

We teamed up with UK's BCM since they have a break the same week and they had a passion to go. Each school was given 5 spots for people to go. If you want to pray for the team, the five from UofL who are going are: Philip Smith, Jeremy Viola, Chris Swift, Kayla Rains, and me. We are all excited about serving the Lord and serving the Haitian people over break. We are beginning to pray and prepare for this trip. We will be working with water purifiers in some way. We might be installing them in Haiti or putting together parts in the Dominican, but whatever we do, we want to glorify the Lord in all that we do while we are there.

If you decide you want to help, we would like for anyone who sees this to pray for our trip. Also, there is a lot that we need in order to go to Haiti. We need money to fund the trip and possibly supplies. If anyone can help that would be appreciated. We have about a month and a half, so whatever anyone can do will be appreciated!

Thank you so much and I will keep posting updates about what is going on.

Audrey

"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." -Matthew 6:31-34