Support Letters: More Than Just About Money

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Julie here...

From a scale of 1 to 10, I can honestly say I am only putting in 5 with my effort to raise for support. I hesitate to send out letters, and I definitely feel uncomfortable asking for financial help. Today, I learned that support letters are more than "support-me-letters". They actually invite the non-Christians to ask me (and challenge me) questions about Christian faith.

I met up with my cousin and best friend over lunch today. They are both non-believers and asked me questions about the missions trip. As a result of them being inquisitive, I began sharing the freedom and forgiveness I am experiencing in my life and that Christianity is not about performances like most other religions. I clarified with them, to the best of my ability, missions trips are not like any other volunteering trips because we're not there to fix people or tell people what to do, we're there to share how bad we are but God still loves us!

I'm sad that we Christians today are known to judge, known to exclude, and known to say only the no's, but what an awesome conversation!! Who knew my support letters would invite them to talk about God? Who knew sharing about my own testimony would help them remain intellectually honest about religion?

My heart just overflows with joy and amazement! Philippians 4:13!!

Love,

Julie

*Mackenzie Thrope Art