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Learning to Trust God's Timing

Waiting is hard.

As our excitement and anticipation grow, it’s getting harder and harder to wait to begin serving the Lord in Mexico. But God is working in our lives as we wait for His provision of full support.

One thing that we’ve learned during our time of raising support is that God’s timing is not our timing. We make our plans and set our goals, but ultimately we have to wait on God’s timing and provision.

And God has been helping us grow in our patience and trust in Him. He has met our needs over and over again through the faithful generosity and hospitality of family and friends. He has proved Himself faithful, and we are learning to trust Him more and more. One particular verse that has encouraged me in my waiting has been Isaiah 64:4.

For since the world began, no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!

Of course, waiting doesn’t mean sitting around and doing nothing. While we wait on God’s provision, we are continuing to work on raising support. We are contacting people, setting up meetings with individuals and churches, and sharing our ministry whenever and wherever we can. We are also reading and studying, trying to learn as much as we can about culture, language, and life abroad. We’re staying involved at Bible Baptist, our home church in Traverse City in the music and youth ministries. We’re reading and studying the Bible, seeking to grow spiritually.

We are doing all these things in preparation for our service in Mexico, as we wait on God’s leading and provision for our support.

We currently have 80% of our monthly support, and we are excited to see how God is going to provide the final 20% that we need. Our prayer has been that God would do something big to show us and others that He is our Provider. We are not great support raisers, but God is a great Provider. 

Would you pray this along with us?

If you’d like to join our support team, or if you’re a current supporter and would like to increase your support to help us reach full support, there are a couple ways you can do that.

Online Giving (Online Banking, Credit, or Debit)
If you’d like to set up online giving, you can do that on our Camino Global page (https://www.caminoglobal.org/give/missionary/chris-and-sarah-collins)  

Check
You can also give by check, putting our names or account number (082560) in the memo. Send to

Camino Global
8625 La Prada Drive
Dallas, TX 75228

If you’d like to make that a monthly commitment, just send along a note with your check to let them know your pledge amount.

Even if you’re not able to give at this time, please continue to pray with us for God’s provision, for His work in our lives as we wait, and that God would show Himself strong as our Provider.


His timing is best.

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