My Story: Giving Never Make You Become Poor

Hi Guys, yesterday when I drove my car, I remember some event in my senior high school life. I've been a Christian since birth, I know about God, but I never seen something special on my life, it's same like other people who didn't know about God. I never know that my life will be change on senior high school, I think it will be same like before, but something big happen. He put so many people in Christ to teach me, make my faith growing up and for my first time God touch my heart, I can feel His presence. In senior high school I have 2 close friend, Ivena Tiono and Karina emanuela. One day, Ivena have a mission to make fellowship for our prayer meeting, she talked to me and Karina about her mission, and we pray together before make a budget.

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Make a budget it's not simple, we should plan everything and we were very surprised when we looks at the total of budget, I forget how many rupiah, but we should pay for airplane ticket Surabaya - Jakarta, Jakarta - Surabaya for our speaker, transportation Surabaya - Batu for our member, Villa for our fellowship, and we didn't want to make our member pay expensive for this event. We are not rich people, we just senior high school students and the prices is must be cheap.

So, how to pay it ??? Just pray??? nooo... We pray and work together. Everyday we are going to our friends house and say "Can I ask for your old newspaper?". Yessss!!! we collect news papers and mineral water bottle for sale, in addition we spend our money for this event. One day I'm asking God "How many money I must spend for this event?" and something in my heart say "give it all" what?? give it all?? but I don't know why I give it all my money without any complaint and my heart be peaceful. Everyday after school finish, I'm going to home as soon as possible to take my lunch, yeahh.. I'm so hungry at school and I can't buy food. After take my lunch I'm going to ivena's house to find old news paper and mineral water bottle. Tired?? of course, but I don't have reason for complaint, I believe something big will happen, I was dreams about fellowship everyday.

After we work and pray for 1 month, one by one He show His way, we can pay for air plane ticket, transportation Surabaya - Batu, meals, and the amazing things is we got Villa for FREE !!!! It's impossible? I say Yess !!! can you imagine how many news paper and mineral water bottle we should sale? because 1 Kg news paper = Rp. 2.200,- and air plane ticket Surabaya - Jakarta, Jakarta - Surabaya at least one million. This is really really amazing, right?

Day - 1 the problems has come at the night, ivena say to me that we need to increase the number of cars, I forget why we need to increase the number of cars, but if I'm not mistaken it's because one of my friend who will be bring his car cancel to join with us. I remembered before going to sleep I asking to GOD "Papi, I don't know what will happen tomorrow, we need a car. if we don't get a car tomorrow maybe some of us will cancel to join this fellowship" amen.

You know what happen with the day?? Something BIG happen?? YES !!! I'm going to our depart place in the morning and ivena say to me that yesterday she already get other car at 8 pm. WOW WOW WOW... God answered my pray even before I pray, He really know our problems. He sent His car for us.

Finally, we can go with happiness heart, and there is no trouble with fellowship, so many people touched by God, our old souls has renewed and our happiness come from our heart like water flowing. Something BIG happen again, when we check our money, we were very surprised because the money still left many. HOW COME ??? actually there is mother of my friend who giving us meals, so we can spend more.

My God is really really really GREAT, right ??
I has been learned a lot from this fellowship.

1. People who served God is not holy and not perfect, BUT when you give your life into God hand you will be more be careful with what do you see, think, hear and say.

Galatians 2 : 20a "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me" NIV

2. If GOD give you vision, and you respond it. You will see something BIG will happen.

3. If you want to see miracles, you must walk out from your comfort zone.

4. Giving NEVER make you become POOR.

Psalm 126 : 5 "Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy." NIV

The most important is this event can be held properly, not because me, ivena, or karina who have dreams for this event, but GOD want to TOUCH us one by one, and LOVE us. actually, we never forget there is people around us, who support us, crying together with us, our senior, our family, our friend. Thanks all.

I hope my story make your faith stronger than before, something impossible it could be change to be possible when you PUT it on GOD HANDS. Amen.