26 more days!!!

Well here I am, 26 days away from starting my move to Mexico and to look back on the last 3 months of my life it is AMAZING to see how present God was through everything! My debt still is not eliminated but a huge chunk has been taken out! I currently only owe 3k more towards everything and plan on making another 1k payment before I leave April 25th.
How will I be able to move with debt you ask? Basically all this means now is that after roughly 6 months at Door of Faith I'll have to move back to the states to pay the remaining balance off. I've paid far enough in advance on my loans to keep me current until that point so after the 6 months are up I'll most likely move back to Southern California, get my old job at Olive Garden back, take 2 months to pay off the rest of my debt then go back to Mexico for good!
So what have I learned in the last 3 months? Well tons, but if I had to boil it down to one thing, it would be that not only is God in complete control but He desires for me to have a 100% trust in Him. When I initially made the move back to northern California I knew that I would be working 40+ hours a week to pay off my debt. My first problem was the trust that I put in my job. I had been making a good amount of money at my old Olive Garden and trusted that this new job would provide for me the means to pay my debt off rather than trusting that God would provide for me through my work. Then came the problem of fund raising. Before I moved back up to Northern California I had just assumed that because of my past history with Green Valley Church and Door of Faith that Green Valley was going to be my main if not my only financial supporter. However I found out fairly quickly that Green Valley as a church was not going to be able to financially support me. So there I was again putting my faith and confidence in Green Valley rather than having confidence that God would provide for me in His own way.
Through these realizations God has yet again, provided. Circumstances that from the outside seem "random" have now provided for me $410 of guaranteed monthly income. God has used what seem to be "random" people to provide for me. One of my monthly supporters is a friend's mom whom I've never even met. Another is a wonderful couple I used to work with who despite their new engagement and the thoughts of wedding and newlywed costs on the horizon, they have committed to monthly support. Yet another is a new found friend who I didn't even know 3 months ago. All this to say, God is amazing and works in mysterious ways.
So I'm ready, ready to go! My last day in Northern California will be April 25th. From here I will be heading to Southern California to spend 3 or 4 days catching up with friends in Santa Clarita then will be arriving in Mexico on May 1st to start the real journey!!!
I'd like to thank all of you for your support and especially for your prayers. This last 3 months has been tough. There have been many 3-4 day periods when I somehow survived on little to no sleep. Despite a failing economy God has brought generous people to my tables at both Olive Garden and Denny's and I know that this is all a result of God working through your prayers.
A few prayer requests:
-Current Door of Faith staff: Right now is a very busy time for them and they've been working nonstop for the past few weeks and it's starting to wear them down. Pray that God would be their strength and their comfort. That even through these busy and tough times that they would continue to lean on Christ for their every need.
-continued health: right now I have no major health issues and when I move, I'll be dropping my health care and medical insurance for cost reasons. So pray that God would continue to keep His protective hand over my life.
-Money: God has been extremely faithful in providing for me financially and I know that He will continue to do so. If God it's will I wouldn't mind somehow acquiring the 3k in the next 7 months so that I don't have to come back to the states in November but could just stay in Mexico.

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