Wrestling with the Needs

I sit here tonight trying to figure out how to raise $1500 in addition to the $3500 that it will cost for me to go to Mumias this October for our mission trip and to get things rolling for Art for Africa. I know that with God all things are possible, yet I feel so small and the need is so ENORMOUS.

I understand that Africa is experiencing famine as I write this. I am ignorant. I really don't know what this means, but it cannot be good in any way, shape or form. Tonight I dined on a taco salad, followed by my dessert of choice-chocolate chips straight from the bag. I wonder what the dear children who I am starting this program for ate today? How is this famine affecting them?

Pastor Lucas has told me that they would like to be self sufficient and to feed the orphans and others in their community through purchasing a piece of land to grow their own food on. He would like to buy some livestock, including a cow so they can sell milk and chickens so they can sell eggs. Such simple things, yet they seem so hard to obtain. There must be some way to raise $1500 so that the land can be purchased and the livestock can be brought in for them.

My heart is heavy for their needs, yet I know that I have been called not to wish but to do something about these needs. So, my prayer tonight is for guidance and wisdom to know what to do. I don't expect the money to fall from the sky, but I do believe that the idea for raising the money will come from our heavenly father. Please say a prayer for me as I wrestle with myself and with the needs of these precious people.
Jenn