Hello everyone!
Thank you all for your financial and prayer support!
The Lord is so good!! It’s been amazing to see the how God is providing for my needs financially and who He is using to support me. I am learning a lot through this process!
It’s been an eye opener to see who God has used to support me, mostly it’s been students and individuals that I am not particularly close with. Raising support has been a humbling and convicting experience for me. Through the process of raising support, I’ve learned that the money I earn is not mine and that giving is a blessing.
I’ve also realized that those who give financially have such an important part in missions . You may not feel called to go overseas to remote places to share Jesus with other, but the neat thing is that by supporting me, you are enabling the Word of God to be spread! I think that is just so cool! It’s a simple revelation that God let me in on after I began raising support.
Oh my, I’ve learned so much from God through this process it just amazes me! God teaches me a lot through talking and listening to people. Last Wednesday after class, I was talking to a friend about his mission trip to Kenya this summer, through the course of our conversation I realized that ministry starts here! It was a revelational moment for me. I love moments of revelation! It puts a smile on my face! 
I have an opportunity to share Christ with others here and now, even before I go!
The question I get asked most frequently is: What are you going to do after you graduate? To which I reply, “I’m going on a mission trip around the world!” Most people want to know details, so I fill them in. In sharing how God is moving in my life and what He has called me to do this summer, I get to plant seeds even before I go!
Pretty soon I will be selling t-shirts on campus in hopes of raising support from the student body. This is just another way I’ll have t he opportunity to share Christ!
Satan is pretty mad about all this and I have definitely felt his attacks! I NEED PRAYER!! There are three scriptures I’ve been praying that you can pray over me too; Ephesians 1:17-19, Ephesians 6:14-19 (the armor of God), and Colossians 1: 9-14. Specifically Satan has been heaping doubt on me and causing me to struggle with things that are at the core of my being that I am generally so secure in. Also, he’s doing a really good job keeping me busy and distracting me from doing the things that need to have priority. Often when I sit down to have a quiet time or pray, I am immediately distracted by a list of things I have to do and then when I go to do the things I need to do for school or to prepare for this journey I am distracted again by anything and everything.
I need prayer for a clear mind when I spend time with God. Also, trust that He will provide for me financially and that I would give Him total control of that area. That I would not be so busy in preparing for this journey that I miss opportunities to share Christ with others, and that God is preparing me to go.
For my team: unity-that we would be one in ministry. Also, we don’t have any guys for the trip yet, so pray that if it’s His will that He is preparing some guys to come on the journey.
For those we will be witnessing to: That God is preparing the way for us ahead of time and preparing the hearts of those we will encounter, that he will soften hearts that they will be receptive to the Good News and that lives will be changed and people will be saved. Pray also for safety.
I know this is a lot, but you can break up my prayer requests and pray for a different request each day. Prayer is an essential part of this ministry! God moves mightily when we pray!
That’s all for now. I’ll keep you up to date on how things are going. Thanks so much for your dedication to me in this ministry!!
Much love!
Sage Davis
