The Lord has been faithful so far and is definitely causing me to trust in Him. Thank you for everyone's encouragement and support so far, it means more than you can imagine.
I have a quick testimony, then I will go on with explaining my upcoming benefit concert.
A few weeks ago, I was coming to the end of an 11 hour shift at P.F. Chang's. I had only had a 15 minute break all day and I was incredibly exhausted. Before this long day began, I prayed to the Lord to give me the strength to not complain and to honor Him throughout my work day. As the night was coming to a close, I had one table left. It was a married couple who was from South Africa and they were celebrating the husband's birthday. After their meal concluded and they had already paid, they continued to talk and enjoy their evening out. So while they were doing so, I was finishing up my side work and continuing to give them refills even though the meal was over. Well as they were talking, I went to the basement to grab some items to stock and I broke down in tears with a prayer before the Lord. It went something like this, "Lord, I am so tired and my knee really hurts. I am trying to honor You and stay positive, but I cannot take this much longer. Please give me the strength to make it through this last hour of work".
Well, only a few minutes after I had prayed this I went back to the table to refill their waters. As I was walking away, the gentlemen stopped me and handed me some more cash and said, "Even though we already tipped you, we wanted to give you more for continuing to serve us after the meal has concluded. We have never had a server continue to take care of us after we have paid and we really appreciate it. And just so you know, Jesus Christ loves you very much". Well if anyone knows me, I cry at the drop of a hat, so I began crying and expressed my gratitude to them and told them about the prayer I had just said in the basement. This was the Lord confirming my prayer and I immediately felt strengthened within my heart and was truly overjoyed. Long story short, I told them about my upcoming trip to Kenya and that I would be ministering to the Luhya tribe. They told me that they were from South Africa and they knew exactly which tribe I was speaking of. They then prayed for me there, right in the middle of my shift. It was truly incredible, having the opportunity to fellowship with complete strangers, but feeling so connected because of our common love for Jesus Christ. Amen!
Robert and Nadia, if you are reading this (I gave them the link to my blog), you blessed me more than you know. Thank you for encouraging me and having the boldness to speak about Jesus. What a testimony you two were to me.
On a very different note, I am having a benefit concert on March 16 at 6:30pm (this is a Friday evening) I would love it if you all came! Here are some details--
New City Church
8711 Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri. |
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
| -There will be live music by multiple performers! -A barista making delicious coffee! -Raffle tickets to win gift cards to P.F. Chang's -Babysitting packages for sale -Baked goods for sale -Weight loss packages for sale -More to come!! All money received that evening will go straight to my trip to Kenya. I hope you can all make it! It is going to be lots of fun! |
