Gotta get you up to date!

Hello All!

I am so excited to be able to take a few mins to catch you up on all things Francesca lol :)

I have to start by telling you about how AMAZING God has been even in my struggling. I had a really hard week a couple weeks ago and the enemy really had my ear. God took the fears and the struggle to help me grow and understand what it mean to have faith. I talked about it a little in my last post but I need to touch on it again because if you all are anything like me you need to hear things more than once for them to sink in. Actually if you are like me you need to have it beaten into your head repetitively :)

These struggle and tests really showed me how much a strong prayer life is needed. I have spent a lot more time in prayer and have found peace and understanding through the quiet time with God. Things have started to resolve and it is all thanks to God’s work in my family and my lives.

I really believed that the life change experiences would happen IN Guatemala but God has shown me blessing after blessing in the form of support. My life has been changed by this trip already and I have not even gone yet. He has taught me in the past few weeks that just deciding to follow His plan and will for my life is all it takes… not some physical labor in a foreign country just obedience. I feel completely empowered by this because this is the first time in my life God had said go and I did without question, fear, or resentment.
I am know I still have many areas to work though in myself but I think God is really showing me the way and it is nice to know I am not alone!

The thing I am working on this week is TRUSTing God’s timing and PATIENCE while I wait. I know more and more everyday I need to LET GO and LET GOD.

Thanks for reading and supporting me!
Love Always and God Bless,
Francesca

$ Update: I got an email last night of my totals including recent LARGE donations to me online (WOW AND THANKS TO YOU TWO!!!) I have raised $1,855!!!!!! I only need $645 more to be sure I am going. Also everything over and above goes to my team so that Tristan and the others make it on the trip too! I am blown away by the support I have received for this mission! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!

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