My Kind of Miracles

One of the guys on staff for my team prayed today for some more of "Alainya's kind of miracles" for the rest of the team. It's true. What God has been doing since the start of this journey has been a special kind of miraculous. 

From the first phone call from YWAM Townsville, who called before I applied, to God's uncanny provision of funds first for a plane ticket, only one way because prices were so high. Then when I arrived here, money appeared in my account for lecture fees. I still have no record of where it came from. After that, God provided insane sums of money through a few people just in time -- always just barely -- for outreach #1. While on outreach #1, I was given the perfect amount to buy just the right plane ticket. And now, the day of the deadline, I was shown yet again another miracle. 

See, God told me at the start of this that when He starts something, he finishes it. (Phil. 1:6) And he told me that he would be faithful to complete this work. 

Today I looked at my bank account, found some more money, added a gift I know is coming, converted that number to AUD and subtracted the cost of immunizations. I had $1379.69 of a total $1545 necessary. Wow. 

So I told one of my staff and she took the opportunity to drag me up front to share in the open mic thanksgiving time we have each Friday morning. I told the above story, cried a lot, and went back to the crowd. Afterwards, a friend who is on staff here comes up to me and tells me that God just let her know she was supposed to cover whatever was left over in my outreach fees. Oh. My. Gosh. 

$165.31--it's just pocket change for God, really. That's what I'm learning. Even $10,000+ is pocket change for him who has access to all the money in the world. 

She gave me $200. God went above and beyond. I still need a few things, some looser tops, a camping mat, bug spray...but what's all that when you look at what God can do? 

My faith has been shaken being here in Australia, but I am finding that sometimes the more something is shaken, the more you get down to what's really the solid foundation of it. And when we can find that foundation and build on that, your faith stops shaking so much and so often. 

One other thing? I found a "penny" today (: 

Thanks for looking out for me, Daddy. Both of you ;)