It’s good to be Home
As I was walking through Walmart a couple of weeks ago with Jacob he asked, “Daddy, are we still on our trip?” This is something that he has asked many times over the past couple of months as we traveled around the Northeastern U.S. building a team of ministry supporters for our work with MAF. But this time I was happy to be able to tell him that we were home now and we weren’t going anywhere. I thought he would be so happy but he was instantly worried that if we weren’t going anywhere than that might mean that we weren’t going camping as we had planned with Grandma and Grandpa. It took a few minutes of convincing but in the end I think he understood that we were home now but still going camping.
The support raising trip was tiring but it was also a great faith building experience. We saw God provide opportunities to talk with people that we never thought we would connect with and even people that we didn’t know before we left. At one point while meeting with people in a Friendly’s Ice Cream Shop in Rochester, we were approached by a woman who was sitting in the next booth and heard Haiti mentioned in the conversation. She worked with an organization that operates in Northern Haiti and asked to meet with us a couple of days later and in the end, made a contribution to our support. Instances like this were a huge encouragement to us as we traveled around the country with he faith that God is going to make this happen in his time and through the people that he chooses.
Now we are home. We are looking forward to returning to our church and seeing friends and family who we missed so much while we were traveling. We still have a long way to go with our support. Recently we reached the 30% milestone for our monthly support. Our outgoing support that is made up of one time contributions is going a little faster. Now that we are home we are spending some time assessing where we are at based on commitments that were made by churches and individuals during the trip. As we hear from those who expressed interest in joining our team of supporters, we will be able to better understand where our support level is at and make plans for going to language school and future traveling.
Thank you to everyone who we met with on the trip. We were blessed by your hospitality and encouragement during what can be a stressful process.
Tim Schandorff