Sleepless in Seattle

Amy doesn't usually sleep well. As soon as she lays down, her body shuts off, but her brain keeps going. Sometimes this can be the source of much frustration, as she tries to sleep, but can't stop planning, organizing, worrying, thinking. But other times, the quiet darkness brings inspiration. It's not uncommon for her to wake up with an unusual or creative idea. We sometimes have to ask ourselves, is this a "crazy Amy" idea, or a prompting from the Holy Spirit?

Last week was no exception. With fund-raising on the brain, Amy woke up having had a dream that Paul Colman was going to do a benefit concert to help us raise money for our mission in Kitale. She told Jason and got a really good belly laugh response.

And then she started thinking, "What if...?" So crazy Amy went to Paul Colman's website and got the email address of Karl, Paul's contact for bookings. Feeling a little foolish to even dream of such things, Amy emailed Karl and waited.

She didn't have to wait long, for the very next day she got an email back from Karl saying, "I have forwarded your request to Paul and he will contact you directly."

What?!?! Before we knew it, we were actually waiting for a personal email from the very talented Paul Colman! A few days later, it came. And here it is, cut and pasted, straight from Paul: Sounds awesome. Love it!! I would love to be a part of this.

Wow. So, crazy Amy, or Holy Spirit? "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21.

We have emailed Paul with some questions to help us get started in the planning of this very cool fundraising event. Please keep us and Paul in your prayers as we try to iron out the details to make it happen. We are having so much fun watching God work and waiting to see what He will do next. We are ever humbled and amazed at how the very Creator of the universe is revealing Himself to us in tangible ways as we take our baby steps of faith to join Him in His work.