I once saw a man worry himself to death

If it's one thing that we've been learning through this process, it's to trust. 

As many of you may already know, any type of process that involves paperwork can mean: 1) You're immediately overwhelmed; 2) You'll have to make eight hundred phone calls to find out who to send what form to and what to send with it; and 3) It's going to take 19-22 days minimum, but maybe 7 weeks to receive something in the mail.

Are you tired yet? 

"You do your part, and God will do his part." 

That's something that has stuck with us from the moment we first heard it in the beginning of our support-raising process. You can exhaust yourself by putting all your effort into something, trying to push harder, and attempting to MAKE things happen all on your own strength. We've learned that you can try so hard for something and see nothing tangible from it, but the moment you surrender it and stop relying on your own strength and trust in the Lord's instead is when things actually start to happen. 

It's not an excuse to be lazy, 

But rather an invitation to trust and know the reality that what God has called, HE will provide for. We have our responsibility and God will hold us accountable for that, but we need to take those steps of faith that declare our dependence on Him. 

In what ways is He asking you to trust Him?