Bobby's Fam

16 Days And Counting…

16 days until we leave for Vietnam.  If I wasn’t so sick right now I’d be excited.  As far as money goes, I ended up $865 short of my $3000 that enabled me to go.  However, several of the other guys exceeded their amounts and donated to my cause, or so I’ve been told.  So I’m good.  I know two guys who exceeded their amounts by well over $1500.  What happens in that case is the money gets put into a special account marked for their future church plant.  It’s not like they can just go get that money and pay the rent.  They have to have their 501(c)3 status and have a legitimate (according to the IRS) expense in order to use that money.  I won’t have to worry about all that.  But I would like to again say a very public Thank You to all who donated.  I have sent thank you cards with a personal note for each of you who have donated, but I can’t say it enough.  Your generosity has been more than I could have ever hoped or asked for.  Every one of you is very special, but there is one who I want to mention right here by name.  Paul Steele, I have never met you in person, we have never spoken a word to one another, and other than each others photo’s on our websites, we don’t even know what we each look like.  But you were generous beyond measure and sent money to me, a complete stranger in order for God to work in my life through this trip to Vietnam.  I will continue to lift you and your church up in prayer and ask for blessings beyond measure.  Thank you, my brother in Christ.  If we never meet on this side of Heaven I look forward to the day when we can sit on a beach and tell stories of God’s great mercy and grace.