Is God not faithful?

Last night tears began to form in my eyes after reading an email that I had received from my team leader for our trip to Africa this June 20th.

The reason why is because some things have occurred that had made me question my faith and God's faithfulness. My company has made some changes to try to save money just as each company has been doing here lately. Some of the changes they have made was doing away with our paid vacation time. With me looking to take 2 weeks off from work without pay made me question if it were possible. Then my company stop giving out paper checks and had asked everyone to either go to direct deposit or be issued a visa card that would have their checks deposited into that account. With that in mind they created an online account to view our pay stubs. Well I have a mac and this website did not work well with macs for some reason. Well 4 pay periods had went by where I did not know what to pay for in tithes.

Well last week I was able to go on there and print off my stubs for my check and I seen that just about everything I had deposited into this account was going to be wiped out after I had payed my tithes, being that this was going to used to for my spending in Africa. Well I had thought of just starting over from the last check then I felt the Lord ask me; "Am I not faithful?" I left it at that and wrote out the check.

Well I knew that with out a paid vacation, I would not be able to afford the 2 days in Rome this time like I did last year, and everyone not going to Rome gets to stay one more day in Uganda. Well I had emailed David who helps set up our fights, and I told him that there had been some changes and that I would not be able to make the flight to Rome this year. Well there was no problem in changing my flight plans, just an extra $350.00 added on for the flight change. I began to get worrisome over this. Again, I felt God ask me again; "Am I not faithful?"
So we are selling these t-shirts to help raise the money, and 4 of them sold right away from my site, then one of my friends who had already sent in some funds sent me another check in the mail for $100.00. :) So a week goes by, and during this week I see that there are no other donations coming in. The thought of backing out came to mind, then the question afterwards; "Am I not faithful?" I let it go.

As I sat at work, and had cut everyone due to the small check ins at the hotel, standing out front I got an email from Amanda our team leader answering the question; "Am I not faithful?" Tears filled my eyes quicker than I could blink, and I ran inside to share with our concierge about what had just happened. A big smile appeared on her face as she rejoiced with me in God answering His own question for me; "Am I not faithful?"

So as just to share with you the answer to the question; "Am I not faithful?" the email from Amanda said this: "Chris, another confidential donor also donated $500 to your trip! J"

"AM I NOT FAITHFUL?" Oh father, you are faithful. You are.