This morning I will be driving from Tallahassee to North Palm Beach for the weekend. I am making the trip in the hopes of being able to sit down with a few people I used to know well and tell them about my ministry. This is really the last place I have to travel to that I haven’t already been that has a fair number of people who may be interested in supporting me. Already, however, I’ve had my fair share of troubles.
A couple of my main contacts will be out of town. Most of the people I’ve called I’ve managed nothing more than an answering machine. In a couple of cases I’ve managed to talk to the spouse of the person I’m trying to reach, but I don’t know the spouse well so I have to leave a message with them. Even the two churches I’m hoping will support me haven’t been much help. One actually told me not to stop by, that there’d be no one to talk to about what I’m looking for (in fairness, I’ve already sent them my request and supposedly it has been given to whoever makes the decisions around there). The other I’ve managed to get nothing more than an answering machine for weeks. I’m not convinced they have a staff anymore.
Despite all this I’m going to make this trip. I do have a couple of people who want to meet with me. I plan on stopping in to the one church that has no staff to see if they have, I don’t know, a pastor or something. And then there’s always networking. The family I’m staying with has a lot of connections because they’re big golfers. Who knows what could come of that.
As I type this I am sitting at 40% of my fully-funded goal. I’ve begun to look at cutting my budget some. The truth is some of my expenses are less than I thought they would be (my rent being the one that comes to mind immediately). I’m not going to lower it so much that I can’t live on the wage I’d be making, but I’d adjust it such that it fits the real numbers rather than the projected numbers I had back in May. That might help me get to campus a little faster. But in the end it’s still going to take God providing me with what I need.
Please be praying for me and the people I meet with while I’m on this trip. I’m starting to feel desperate and I don’t like that feeling. Pray that I’ll live out Hebrews 11:1 during this time. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
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