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Friday, September 14, 2012
A lot more has happened:
-I didn't graduate. There was a clerical error and I wasn't told. It turns out my D+ in Personality Psych wasn't high enough to count toward my minor (needed a C), so I am retaking that class. Again. I did not receive financial aid because it's a retake. Yes. All of this sucks.
-I got a second job at an after school program. I like it (for the most part). I mostly tutor 6-8th graders, but I also do activities with them and am going to be doing a few big projects with them, like making a movie and teaching them about college.
-I filled out a low-income apartment application this week. Then I never turned it in because I realized my income was too low to have any hope of being able to support myself and still make rent and bills.
-I am organizing a trip to the Passion Conference in Atlanta January 1-4. When I first heard of it, I was only casually interested but the more I learned about it, the more excited I got. Then I sat down and figured up the math and realized there was no way my tiny church could fundraise enough money for registration costs. I called off the trip, threw away my figures, and then gave in to the nudging in the back of my mind: ask the conference leaders for financial help. S agreed to write a letter asking for a way to be made for us to attend, and the night I prayed, telling God that there was no way we could pay for this on our own, the money just doesn't exist and we don't have the time to raise it. I asked Him to please let us receive assistance if He really wanted us to go to the conference, and if He didn't that was okay too, He didn't have to provide the money and we could just do something different. But He did provide. We are getting two tickets for free and two at a discounted cost. It feels so good to know that God not only provided for us, but that He wants us to attend, that He is blessing this trip. He is making a way. ^__^
A real blog post will happen sometime. I still don't have internet but I am about to change that because I am going crazy. It's gotten to a point of desperacy.
<3 p="p">Sarah
-I didn't graduate. There was a clerical error and I wasn't told. It turns out my D+ in Personality Psych wasn't high enough to count toward my minor (needed a C), so I am retaking that class. Again. I did not receive financial aid because it's a retake. Yes. All of this sucks.
-I got a second job at an after school program. I like it (for the most part). I mostly tutor 6-8th graders, but I also do activities with them and am going to be doing a few big projects with them, like making a movie and teaching them about college.
-I filled out a low-income apartment application this week. Then I never turned it in because I realized my income was too low to have any hope of being able to support myself and still make rent and bills.
-I am organizing a trip to the Passion Conference in Atlanta January 1-4. When I first heard of it, I was only casually interested but the more I learned about it, the more excited I got. Then I sat down and figured up the math and realized there was no way my tiny church could fundraise enough money for registration costs. I called off the trip, threw away my figures, and then gave in to the nudging in the back of my mind: ask the conference leaders for financial help. S agreed to write a letter asking for a way to be made for us to attend, and the night I prayed, telling God that there was no way we could pay for this on our own, the money just doesn't exist and we don't have the time to raise it. I asked Him to please let us receive assistance if He really wanted us to go to the conference, and if He didn't that was okay too, He didn't have to provide the money and we could just do something different. But He did provide. We are getting two tickets for free and two at a discounted cost. It feels so good to know that God not only provided for us, but that He wants us to attend, that He is blessing this trip. He is making a way. ^__^
A real blog post will happen sometime. I still don't have internet but I am about to change that because I am going crazy. It's gotten to a point of desperacy.
<3 p="p">Sarah
Labels: Christian, college, fundraising, God, Jesus, Passion Conference, poverty, youth, youth leader
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