Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Seasons come and go.....

This season is quickly coming to an end and it feels as though it has just started, although this has been right up there with one of the most challenging seasons. I have been stretched in ways I never imagined as I lived and worked at Grandview. I have had to learn how to love in situations when all I want to do is get angry and yell, and through it all I have learned on a whole new level the love the Lord has for me and others! Man I love how the Lord works! 
It seems as though I am just settling in to this season, learning how to rely on the Lord in an environment where I do not have much community. I have never been this confident in who I am, and able to step out in faith every day as I can now! This time of being cut off in a sense is exactly what I have needed, although it has been so hard I would not change it for anything! 
And now as I begin to process the fact that I will soon be living in Thailand, a new and exciting season that will bring many challenges of its own of course. But man I am so excited to be able to live there for 16 months and learn how to live cross culturally! To bring light into the darkness, to set the captives free! I still need a bit of help though to get to Thailand, if you would like to help me get there follow this link...secure.bethanyinternational.or​g....
I am getting closer every day I jumped 12% in less than a week! So it is very possible to reach 100% very soon! Looking for a few more supporters to join me monthly at $100 as well as needing around $9,000 for my set up so that I can purchase my plane ticket! If you would like more information send me an email at andria.jasper@bcom.org! Thank you all for prayerfully considering supporting me in this journey to bring light to Thailand! 

Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Lord's Faithfulness!

These last few months have been what seems like a whirlwind! And now I am facing the reality that in less than 2 months I will be calling Thailand my home!
The Lord has been bringing people along side me to support me in this Journey! To have my full monthly support I only need 12 more people to join with me in this journey! As well as $9,000ish for my set-up fund! Getting there! If you would like to help me or know someone who would please let me know! Thank you so much for prayerfully considering! 
2 People - $100 a month 
5 People – $75 a month 
4 People - $50 a month 
1 Person - $25 a month
Thank you for prayerfully considering supporting me in this journey! If you would like more information  shoot me an email at andria.jasper@bcom.org!

This past weekend Abbie and I took a trip to South Dakota to go to our friends wedding. Man was it a journey! We met up with some of our friends from school and just got to hang out and have a blast. We explored a cave, went tubing down a river, climbed a cliff to watch the sunset, and saw Mount Rushmore! It was a weekend filled so many things and just getting to spend time with friends encouraging each other! We then headed home but the drive took us much longer than expected. We got a flat tire in South Dakota, but praise the Lord we were right next to Wal-mart so we took it over there and had it taken care of. About 3 hours later we off again but found ourselves driving into a storm and we saw that it was getting pretty bad. So we asked the Lord what we should do and he made it very clear that we needed to stop for the night. But we knew stopping for the night meant we would be missing our ride from the cities home. Well long story short we made it to the BCOM in the afternoon and started to figure out how to get home. As it turned out one of the perspective students visiting BCOM that day was from Brainerd and was heading back that night, so they offered us a ride. Jesus came through on that one for sure! He never leaves us hanging! 
I love seeing the Lord's faithfulness time and time again! He always comes through even in the small things, and it is moments like this where all my doubts about money coming in for Thailand goes away. I know He has called me and I know He is going to provide! So excited to be able to use the story about how all my money comes in as a testimony about Jesus!