"Lord, I can't do this anymore."  
 
 

One month before I was to begin linguistic training with Wycliffe Bible Translators, a big truck hit my car on the passenger side as I approached a traffic light.   

My car was totaled, my five-year employment was only weeks away from terminating; I had given away everything that wouldn’t fit in my car; and I was now uncertain how I would make the move to  the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, TX. 

Not only that, but I received a letter from the graduate school stating I must pay for all my school fees up front.  Payment plans were not available, and credit cards were not accepted.  How would I pay for school?  I still needed $4,000  with less than  a month to get it.  

I’d already visited & spoken to several churches.  I’d done everything a good missionary is supposed to do, right?  What would I do now? 

I was at the end of myself, of what I could do.  I told the Lord, “I can’t do this anymore.  If you want me to go, I will look to You to get me there.”

Later that night I received an email from an elder of a small church in Madisonville, TN.  The email had been sent about the same time I was praying.  He wrote telling me that the church had just sent in a special gift of $2,000 to cover my expenses for school.    Wow. 

Knowing nothing about my car wreck, he also wrote that I may face trials in the days ahead.  Some trials will be from the Lord to strengthen me; others will be the attempts of the evil one to stop God’s Word from going out.   I will need wisdom to tell the difference.    

The next day I received an email from the graduate school, notifying me of a $2,000 scholarship.  Double wow.   

$4,000 in 2 days.  Only GOD can do that.

August 19, 2005