For no real reason, I just reread all of our past posts on this blog. If you have a little free time, I would encourage you to go back and do the same. It's really cool seeing how much we've changed, and in some ways how things are exactly the same, and how God has worked through us and our ministry since we've started. For me, each one of those blog posts is attached to many memories. I'm so thankful to have the chance to be part of such a great ministry. It hasn't been easy and I now understand why there aren't too many college students starting non-profits, but all of the all-nighters, arguments, and obstacles we have failed to overcome have been worth it and have ultimately led us to humility, which I know is exactly where God wants us.
While looking at the blog, I also realized that we used to do a much better job of updating everyone on what we've been doing. So I'll try to sum up the past few months for you. We worked non-stop through November as we started sorting through applications for our summer mission trip to Africa and as we planned the Help Portrait event in Raleigh. Help Portrait was a huge success and was one of the greatest things I've ever been part of. I really think a little bit of Raleigh was changed by the event. December was filled exams, a little bit of rest, lots of travel over the holidays, finally submitting our 501(c)3, and lots of change. Andrew switched from majoring in Engineering to Communications and I was forced to leave UNC because of overcrowding for a semester and take a couple of classes as a Communications major at NCSU. It was a pretty drastic change, but Andrew and I were both excited about what we thought would be an easier workload for both of us and the fact that living so close to each other would mean even greater things for L4L.
Then January came and our idealized plan started to fall apart. Andrew became busier than ever, I found myself involved with way too many new projects and was hardly ever on campus, and the adjustment for both of us was challenging. We've been able to work through most of it and although it wasn't a fun process, I think our communication has gotten a lot better because of it. We're back on track and are doing just as well as we were before. Maybe even better.
We're now working on a charity dodgeball tournament at NCSU thats just 15 days away. The money raised will go towards Abby Tracy's children's home in Uganda. I'm so excited for this event and it has so much potential, but we're really trusting in God to help us pull this one off. We need all the support we can get! If you want to come play or if you want to help sponsor the event, go to http://dodgeball.loveforthesakeoflove.com
We just found out that we didn't make it on to the next round of the eGames, making our involvement with this entrepreneurship competition short lived. It's discouraging, but I'm hoping we can grow from it. It frustrates me that we're expected to explain everything there is to know about L4L in under two minutes, but I guess this is something we'll have to learn to do in the business world.
In the past couple of days I've realized that I'll probably be able to go to Africa with our team for part of the summer. My initial reaction was "Really God? I just accepted the fact that I was going to be stateside and was starting to get excited about the work being done here in Raleigh", but I'm also really excited (and slightly terrified) about the potential to go back to Africa and would love to get to be there with my team.
We'll really try to do a better job of updating this blog. Thanks for accepting our brokenness and following what God has been doing through us.
-Alison
Co-founder
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