Coco Channel was right about the power a little black dress can have. She probably just didn’t expect it to have the power I found it to have. Try to put into words what looking back over a decade will make you feel and you either need to write a book or you feel at a loss to do so. I can’t believe it’s been ten years since I started my 100 day dress project to raise money for orphans in India. It feels surreal to know that we raised $100,000 when professional fundraisers told me I would never even get to my original goal of $50K. It feels even more surreal to know that the children who were my motivation and inspiration to keep going are now in college. I had hoped my project would change their lives. I had no idea how it would change mine but that’s some writing for another day. India will forever hold a piece of my heart. You don’t have to travel around the world to make a difference. You don’t have to go across seas to show big love. You can do it from right where you are. You all showed me that. Every person that gave demonstrated that to me. From the pennies poured into my hands by children to the call that someone was going to tip us over my original goal with a $4,000 donation….it mattered. An individual can do some pretty incredible things but doing it in collaboration with others means you can have unreasonable goals.
As I sit here contemplating all I wish I could spill onto the page I feel gratitude and amazement at God’s faithfulness with this dream and project. He was the one that put it in my heart and who was with me every step of the way. While I have drastically changed in the past decade He has not. He is still faithful and good and calling me to step outside of my comfort zone to reach new depths of joy, experience, wonder and freedom. You don’t have to be qualified. I was absolutely, in no way, qualified to do this project. But God. He most definitely equips the called. What is he calling you to partner with him to do?
Thank you for all of you who have been here for this journey, both past and present. I can never tell you how much it’s all meant to me. One donation may have seemed little but just like a pebble dropped into a lake creates a ripple effect, so to your generosity and contribution did the same. Don’t be afraid to have unreasonable goals.
If you want to help with the current Covid crisis in India you can do so here. Again, thank you. You help change the world.
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