Miracles.

Money is no object to God.  I can say that for a fact now.  I've witnessed it, and I can't wait to tell you about it!

About two weeks ago, it was announced that as a whole DTS, there was still about 150,000 dollars that needed to come in.  But then the kicker came, it had to be in by "next Friday", which was yesterday.  I personally had been so blessed already and had more than enough for outreach, but some people on the DTS still needed upwards of 5,000 dollars.  Automatically, we were a team.  Every person who had their finances taken care of couldn't celebrate yet - some members of our family of DTS were still in incredible need.  We started emailing, blogging, facebooking, and praying that God would provide the money in whichever way He saw fit.  There were a few stories of 100 dollars coming here, 500 there, which were all lifted right back to God is earnest praise.  Many people started realizing that we needed to start praising God now, not just when the money comes in.  We needed to be so sure that God would provide that we would thank Him in advance.  Yesterday came, and many people were still in so much need.  We got together last night at what we called "Giving Night".  On the white board, they wrote all the people who were still needing finances.  Even in this, there was seen a miracle.  One of the girls was in need of over 5,000 dollars at the start of the day, and her name wasn't even written on the board.  All the money had been donated - in one day.  The same was the case with one of our staff members. She started the day needing over 2,000 dollars, and all of it was donated in one day.  Another one of the staffs needed 2,000 dollars as well, and his debt at the end of the day totaled to about 60 dollars. Anyway, they totaled all the numbers on the board, and it turned out to be about 66,000 dollars.  They then had everyone who had the money but hadn't paid it in yet go up and erase their name from the board.  It was awesome to see so many names erased!  At the end of that, they totaled it and there were still about 35,000 dollars left.  Then, we went on with the giving part.  Throughout the day, people had been praying that God tell them what to give to who, everything from money to a t-shirt.  Everyone who was in need went to the front, and all the other DTSers just walked up to them and either offered them prayer or money.  At the end of that phase, we went on to just giving anything God put on our hearts to give to anyone - the items ranged from toothpaste to boots to hiking backpacks and so forth.  It was such an awesome time of hearing God speak and then just following through with obedience.  Sometimes it seemed ridiculous to give someone a tube of toothpaste or an old piece of jewelry, but there were countless stories of people getting something they needed or that meant so much to them for a specific reason.  It really brought to our attention that God really pays attention to the little things, and if we're willing to obey, he can do some really amazing things.  God is so good, and so faithful!

I'd ask that all of you keep praying for finances to come in, as there are still a few with some loose ends to tie up.

Now for future news! For the next two weeks, the whole DTS is going camping in the bush! It's going to be amazing.  I hear that wild kangaroos run around.  I've also heard that camping is one of the best times on DTS, both individually and as a group.  We are cut off from internet and cell phone service for those two weeks as well.  I know God is going to just stir up our hearts in a big way while we're there.  It's going to be awesome!

Updating you in 2 weeks,
Nikki