The Body of Christ

• I was sitting here talking with a friend of mine and sharing with her about the struggles of fundraising and being dependant upon God and all that He is doing and leaning on His promises of taking me back to Ethiopia.
  
  She began to share with me something that she had read about what had happened to Heidi Baker. Heidi Baker had went into a place of worship at a confrence and she laid down and the power of the Lord came on her and she became inmovabl. And was not able to speak. For days she could not move at all. She had to depend on the people around her to serve her with whatever she needed. Then one day she asked God why on earth she was going through this and the Lord told her that she needed to depend on Him. She told God that she knew that. She had been in ministry for 16 years. Then God told her that she needed to learn how to depend on the body of Christ.
  
  Wow! Whoa! Back up. Depend on others to help us with our needs? I thought God was fulfilling our every need? Ok let me continue on here.
  
  After I had heard that I knew then that I am in that same place moving to Ethiopia. I realized then that I have been totally depending upon God, but how much am I depending on the body of Christ. I had moved out of my apartment and did not resign the lease and I sold my bed, couch, desk, washer, car, and whatever else I could not take with me and walked away from my job as I had seen the Lord show me that I was trying to hang onto America while reaching for Ethiopia. So now I am staying with some friends. I have come in that place where I am totally relying on the body of Christ. Was it a mistake? I think not for I can say this, I would rather jump in with both feet and drown, then to stand on the bank and wonder what it would be like to jump.
  
  So right now I have raised a total of $2930.00 with about 20 monthly supporters at $20 a month. I was needing at least $3000 to fly out plus a plane tix and at least 70 $20 a month supporters.
  All I can say is that I know God has called me to do missions, and every place that I have been to I just did not feel the heart of God until I went to Ethoipia and everytime I left it ripped my heart out to leave, cause I felt like I was leaving home and also I it broke my heart to say goodbye to someone I love so dearly and not knowing when I was going to see her again.
  
  So I am in a place where I have to depend on God and the body of Christ. If I did not have to then my walk in this would be self serving and Christ serving.
  
  Thank you four your time I know it was a long note, but I do want you to know, that I am 110% committed to this plan that God has laid on my heart. I cannot send myself out without your help. Pray for me that God will open every door and window and also pray to see if God would have you to be one of the 70.
  
  Love you and bless you
  Chris