I am in beautiful Deutschland! You may be asking yourself "how did this happen?"
let me tell you...
God provides! This is something we all know but tend to forget every now and again. This whole summer i have been praying and seeking direction from the Lord on where i should be. Friends and family have been praying for me and asking me what i was going to do. Many oppurtunities presented themself which i would have gladly taken but God had a different plan. many days i felt very confused and lost. Last semester i told the Lord that i would return if He would open the doors. The doors have looked very closed this whole summer except for an anonymous financial pledge for two months of support. I prayed and prayed. while reading the psalms i kept coming across the phrase "pay your vows to the Lord." and i was reminded of what i told the Lord i would do. So i left it in His hands and asked others to pray but it was a step of faith because i had to say no to a few wonderful oppurtunities. Things that i would have loved to do, places i would have loved to be, A beautifully sweet girl that i would have loved to be near. Obedience before the Lord was what i was faced with. Follow the desires of my heart or step out in faith as crazy as it seemed and follow through with what i told the Lord. So i kept praying, and so many of you have blessed me with responses to my request and i know that is why i stand here today. May the Lord bless each one of you for the simple gift of taking a few moments to lift up your brother in Christ. i pray that He blesses each of you tenfold for it.
well things looked very dark about coming out but i felt that the Lord was putting this on my heart. Five days ago, the Lord opened the doors wide when someone agreed to cover the other two months of the semester. i only needed to get the ticket. I was very blessed but unable to purchase a ticket. so things looked much brighter but i still needed to get out there. The next morning the Lord provided a ticket for me and it happened so fast that i could hardly believe it. God is so good. we were able to get a ticket for the next day on the flight with my brother to germany.
So again i thank you so much for your spiritual and financial support. I am so blessed to have so many brothers and sisters who care enough to invest in a crazy young man. I ask that you please continue to keep me lifted up as this is a new semester and it will not come without its hardships.
please pray:
1. That the Lord would really use me here through the worship ministry in ministering to the staff and student body. That in everything i work and do would be touched by the hand of God for His glory.
2. Financial support. Although my room and board are covered, pray that the other costs of living and outreach trips would be funded as well.
3. Very important, please pray that Marah and I's relationship would be strengthened through this time. No one likes long distances from the one they love and even knowing that we are where God has us can still be hard to be so far apart.
4. God would draw me so near to Him this semester and really work and change me more into the image of Christ. i know this semester will hold many blessings as well as trials but i want them to have their perfect work in purifying and making me pleasing to our God and Father.
so thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement and be encouraged that God is still working in mighty ways. keep asking, keep seeking and dont stop knocking! Wait on Him. Treasure Christ with your whole heart and He will answer you. it might not be in the way you expect but He will answer you. Praise the Lord!
in Christ Jesus our Lord and beautiful savior,
michael anthony mccalebb ii
if you would like to help support me in the ministry here financially or with a care package please contact me and i will give you more information on how to accomplish that.
