I went to a conference called “Speaker’s Week” this month at the Bible college in Vajta Hungary. I was very blessed and encouraged. The teachers spoke on things like Jesus being your sufficiency, being faithful in the small things, and letting God take your meager resources and allowing Him to do what only He can do with them. I felt like the teachers were listening to my prayers.
This is about how God’s changed my perspectives recently on finances…
While I was at the Speaker’s Week conference, I was sitting next to a young Hungarian man, and we had an opportunity to pray for each other during one of the sessions. We started talking about what each other needed prayer for, and I explained to him my current financial situation and asked him to pray for wisdom concerning it. From language lessons, to paying for the bus rides, everything costs here, and it’s a very mobile culture.
What complicates this for me is that about half of my year’s support was savings, while the other half I have been relying upon others to donate. Recently, I’ve been relying almost entirely upon my savings and have had some unexpected expenses.
The conclusion I came to after talking to him was that, living the way I was, I really was trusting in my own methods rather than trusting God to provide for me, and I was inhibiting God’s ministry. I decided to resume living the way that I believe God has called me to. That basically means that I’ll be spending according to the budget that I have, even though I don’t have the funds to support myself for the full year.
As it is, the funds may last until sometime mid-spring, unless the Lord provides otherwise, totaling about 6-8 months stay in Ukraine.
I do want to let you know, though, that there is an opportunity here that I would like to be a part of, and that you can also take part in. If you would like to help the work here financially, you can contact Diana or Scott at Horizon Indianapolis (call 317-823-2349) or go to the Support the Work page on this website.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I pray that God blesses you and your families on my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving was the biggest holiday in my family. We would all get together, cook ALL DAY, and then sit down for a meal. Right before we ate, we would pull out the “Thanksgiving Book,” a book chronicling all the things that we were thankful for through the years. Each member of the family would say and write what he or she was thankful for.
This year, I celebrated with the Pratt family. Pam Nelson and babushka Lita were with us as well, so we had a nice big group around the table. Afterward, I went home to call some of my relatives and friends.
There’s a university student friend of mine in the hospital now that’s been diagnosed with tuberculosis. They tell him he’s not contagious and he told me he’s feeling fine, but they still won’t let him resume his studies. I think they want a bribe. Please pray for him. I’m trying to minister to him with visits and bringing him food and stuff at the hospital.
David & Katya 