HUGE MIRACLE. This is the God we serve!
February 23, 2008
Our school was in an impossible situation. The School of Dance in Montana needed 48,000 dollars to make it to our tour and field assignment to Croatia. This was before Christmas. We had faith that somehow God would provide. We also needed visas for two of our international students but that looked like an impossible situation too. A week before we were supposed to leave, many of us we getting anxious. God had already given us thousands of dollars since Christmas, and we were so thankful for that. But we still needed 26,000 dollars more. Can we get that much money in one week? Some of us hardly believed it possible. We still had two visas that the Croatian embassy were not processing. On Valentines Day we prayed for four or five hours asking for a miracle.
That night the rest of the school collected $4,300 for us.
The next morning, the Croatian embassy made an exception for us and sent us the two visas and they arrived the next day. All of us nearly cried for joy and it was only a matter of time before He would fulfill what He promised, that we are all in this school chosen by Him and we are ALL going on this field assignment to dance in teach workshops and spread joy and inspire people. If one girl doesn’t have enough money, it’s everyone’s dilemma becuase we had become a like family.
It’s Saturday night and we still needed $17,000 dollars. We were all packed and ready to go. We were going to anyway, knowing we only had enough money to survive in Croatia for 2 weeks. But we were fully prepared that God was going to provide everything before we left at 4 am the next morning or while we were in Croatia. God told us to walk on water, and live on the edge. This is what it’s all about. God was giving us the opportunity to be faithful and to be courageous. That week despite all the worry and the stress I’ve never been so joyful in my life, and I knew it was God. Because we knew that God was going to show us and everyone what He can do and that when the situation is impossible, it’s God who comes through. He was going to keep His promise and we were going to Croatia. We just knew it.
Saturday night at about 8 PM, a man called from one of the girl’s churches back in her home and said that he would pay for ALL the remaining tuition and fees. $17,000. Seventeen thousand dollars!
God is seldom early, never late and always on time. We were prepared to go without, and would survive on faith. But God said we didn’t have to. Every penny was taken care of. THIS is the God we serve! We wouldn’t be here in Croatia if it weren’t for Him!
Now we are in Croatia and so many more miracles and exciting things have happened in God’s name. I will send more stories when a I get the chance.
February 29, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Hey Erica, i’m so glad you girls came to Croatia and i’m sure the kingdom of God has advanced somehow by you being here. Thanx for the dance lessons;). We didn’t meet officially, but i was the girl with the camera when you girls were dancing at the square if you remember. Send my regards to all of the girls and God bless in Itally:)