The Fruit of your Partnership!

In the spirit of coming out of the Thanksgiving season and heading into Christmas I want to send out a big thank you to everyone who has been a part of my World Race Journey thus far and share with you some of the fruit that your partnership has brought! Whether you have been faithfully praying for me, keeping up with my blogs took part in one of my fundraisers by purchasing t-shirts, macarons, soup, pizza or financially supporting me I am so grateful for each and every one of you!

I love the passage in Philippians 4 when Paul is thanking the Philippians for their support in his ministry. It reads in verses 16-17 , “Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.” Later in verse 22, “All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household”.

Because of the Philippians support, Paul was able to minister to Caesar’s household and the fruit of Paul’s time in jail was welcoming members of Caesar’s household into God’s family. The Philippians got to partner with God in bringing more people into his family through Paul! In the same way Paul is expressing his gratitude towards the Philippians I want to express my gratitude to you all for your partnership in the Gospel. The fruit I have seen over the past 3 months is thanks to each of you willingly allowing God to use you in his work to make His Kingdom known! What a joy and honor it is to partner with the God of the universe!

Some of the fruit of your faithful partnership!

• My squad and I have been equipped and challenged in incredible ways to prepare us for ministry overseas in January. This looks like each of us stepping into deeper and more intimate relationships with the father! As well as receiving many teachings and practical knowledge to prepare us!

• You have been a part of setting the next generation on fire for the Lord and what he wants to do in our life time! When you look at the society we live in it is heart breaking to see the statistics of my generation as so many leave the Church and choose their own paths. My fellow racers and the Adventures in Mission organization is passionate about changing those statistics by choosing to stand out from what is “expected of Gen Z” and instead follow after God and live for him as lights to our peers and society!

• You have 70 some new brothers and sisters in Christ!! During our time in Lake Charles, LA partnering with Samaritan Purse doing disaster relief 70 some of the 94 homeowners we served came to know the Lord. Praise the Lord!

• Many seeds have been planted for the Gospel. Each of the homeowners receive a Billy Graham training Bible signed by all the volunteers who work on their home! Squads have also had the opportunity to do local outreaches planting seeds within the neighborhoods and communities in Georgia by being the light in heavy human trafficking neighborhoods, at a local zoo and through partnering with other organizations!

I look forward to continuing to share with you the fruit of your partnership as the journey continues! We are all looking forward to launching internationally in January and see all that God has in store for the rest of our Race.

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Again thank you all for choosing to be a part of the journey God is taking me on!

May you have a safe and enjoyable Christmas.

In Christ,

Abigail Benedick

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