Step Out of the Boat!

One of my most favorite stories in the bible is when Peter walked on water. Sometimes I think we dont analyze that story enough. We don't think about what all physically had to happen before he walked on water and this is where I find my soap box and jump on it! Ready? In order for Peter to walk on water he had to literally pick up his leg and put it over the side of the boat. Profound huh?

You will never know if you can walk on water UNLESS you raise your leg up and over the side. This past weekend we had a women's conference and one of the key phrases that stuck out to me was, "Faith or fear?" Faith or fear? Which are you going to chose?

So yes, we have timing against us in the form of the government being a YEAR behind in assigning determination letters for non profits but we are also legally able to collect funds and they are all retroactive. We have some friends who have also started a non profit and are in the same boat (no pun intended) we are but they are afraid to collect money. He called me the other day and I just went into full on preach mode. We aren't waiting for that letter to collect money. If someone wants to give to OH we will gladly take it. We are going to live by faith not fear.

We have this huge male and female party set for next Saturday and our hostesses are wealthy, influential women in our community and they are inviting their friends to this 'party by the pool'. This is the night where we will host our first silent auction and the night where I am expecting to collect $10k towards the micro loans we have committed to in Haiti. So it's no wonder that these wonderful women have had problem after problem since signing on to host for us. From car troubles, to serious family issues... these women are under attack. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. A bad thing b.c of the obvious but a good thing because it means the enemy doesn't want us to succeed and doesn't want us to raise money that will literally change the lives of hundreds and hundreds of women and children throughout Haiti and Africa.