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Zeke's Journey
If you have been with us for awhile, you have most likely seen a picture or a video of Zeke on the Rifton tricycle. He has always enjoyed it, but in the last intensive, it became one of his favorite activities. Tally told me about The Great Bike Giveaway and encouraged us to give it a try.
The Great Bike Giveaway launched yesterday. It's an amazing foundation and provides families with 3 ways to get their loved one a bike.
(1) The most votes. If you have the most votes in your category, you win a free bike.
(2) Drawing. If you get 50 votes, you get entered into a drawing. At the end of 20 days, they draw out a name for each category and that person gets a free bike.
(3) Fundraising. Some people are very successful with fundraising on this page as well. This foundation is able to sell the bikes for a discounted rate, which gives families a greater chance of raising funds for their bike.
Yesterday, we started off in 3rd place but within just a few hours, we dropped to 6th place. My heart dropped a little b/c I know that I don't have the social media platform that many others had and I was not sure if we were going to be able to get enough votes to win a bike for Zeke. I was so sad for him b/c I know that it is something that he would really enjoy but I also knew that it was out of my hands. I had exhausted my avenues for votes.
I was crying out to the Lord b/c I knew this was not something I could fundraise for at this juncture. We are still fundraising to pay back the sweet donor that lent us the money for the stander and I was also very aware that the bike is a want, not a need. But boy, did it break my heart. And I was telling the Lord all about it. Every day, Zane goes out to ride his bike and to play with neighborhood friends and all Zeke wants to do is follow his brother. The sad and sometimes angry vocalizing that he can't go too just rips my heart to shreds.
As I prayed, I felt the Lord asking me to just trust Him. To surrender and just trust His plan. Trust that He knows best. Trust that He is doing something.
And then this morning happened.
I received a text from a fellow sister in Christ that said, "I voted, but I want you to know that God laid on our hearts that we are supposed to get you that bike." As we texted back and forth, she shared with me how she knew she was supposed to bless someone financially but was not sure who. She was praying and asking for God's guidance when she saw our post. She told me that it was then she knew who God wanted her to pour His blessings on.
I am choked up just typing this. So many of you have walked with me through the past several weeks, knowing how sad and heavy my heart has been - even through the successes and celebrations of intensive. I have been struggling to see joy in all of the heaviness and pain that is around me - not just our struggles, but the struggles of others around me. I actually have been praying to be able to see the joy of the Lord in each day. God's intervention in this - in Zeke's desire to have a bike and ride with his brother and the cries of a broken hearted mama - broke the scales off my eyes and allowed me to see so much joy over the past several weeks. And to really KNOW that I am not forgotten. My child is not forgotten. My family is not forgotten. God is moving. He is doing something. He is doing something that has an eternal weight of glory - and it is going to be exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ever ask for or imagine.
By the end of today, this final donation was made to the Giveaway and we have officially received our confirmation that Zeke will indeed be receiving a bike. When I told him, his laugh filled the air with such extreme joy and excitement. He could not stop laughing. It warmed my heart so much.
Friends, we have an opportunity today. Would you be willing to go to the Great Bike Giveaway and pray over any of the individuals who are hoping for a bike? Will you pray for their salvation? Their healing? Will you consider voting for them? Zeke has been provided for in such an amazing God way and I pray that these families will also experience the Lord's touch in a personal, tangible way too.
https://www.greatbikegiveaway.com/
The Great Bike Giveaway launched yesterday. It's an amazing foundation and provides families with 3 ways to get their loved one a bike.
(1) The most votes. If you have the most votes in your category, you win a free bike.
(2) Drawing. If you get 50 votes, you get entered into a drawing. At the end of 20 days, they draw out a name for each category and that person gets a free bike.
(3) Fundraising. Some people are very successful with fundraising on this page as well. This foundation is able to sell the bikes for a discounted rate, which gives families a greater chance of raising funds for their bike.
Yesterday, we started off in 3rd place but within just a few hours, we dropped to 6th place. My heart dropped a little b/c I know that I don't have the social media platform that many others had and I was not sure if we were going to be able to get enough votes to win a bike for Zeke. I was so sad for him b/c I know that it is something that he would really enjoy but I also knew that it was out of my hands. I had exhausted my avenues for votes.
I was crying out to the Lord b/c I knew this was not something I could fundraise for at this juncture. We are still fundraising to pay back the sweet donor that lent us the money for the stander and I was also very aware that the bike is a want, not a need. But boy, did it break my heart. And I was telling the Lord all about it. Every day, Zane goes out to ride his bike and to play with neighborhood friends and all Zeke wants to do is follow his brother. The sad and sometimes angry vocalizing that he can't go too just rips my heart to shreds.
As I prayed, I felt the Lord asking me to just trust Him. To surrender and just trust His plan. Trust that He knows best. Trust that He is doing something.
And then this morning happened.
I received a text from a fellow sister in Christ that said, "I voted, but I want you to know that God laid on our hearts that we are supposed to get you that bike." As we texted back and forth, she shared with me how she knew she was supposed to bless someone financially but was not sure who. She was praying and asking for God's guidance when she saw our post. She told me that it was then she knew who God wanted her to pour His blessings on.
I am choked up just typing this. So many of you have walked with me through the past several weeks, knowing how sad and heavy my heart has been - even through the successes and celebrations of intensive. I have been struggling to see joy in all of the heaviness and pain that is around me - not just our struggles, but the struggles of others around me. I actually have been praying to be able to see the joy of the Lord in each day. God's intervention in this - in Zeke's desire to have a bike and ride with his brother and the cries of a broken hearted mama - broke the scales off my eyes and allowed me to see so much joy over the past several weeks. And to really KNOW that I am not forgotten. My child is not forgotten. My family is not forgotten. God is moving. He is doing something. He is doing something that has an eternal weight of glory - and it is going to be exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ever ask for or imagine.
By the end of today, this final donation was made to the Giveaway and we have officially received our confirmation that Zeke will indeed be receiving a bike. When I told him, his laugh filled the air with such extreme joy and excitement. He could not stop laughing. It warmed my heart so much.
Friends, we have an opportunity today. Would you be willing to go to the Great Bike Giveaway and pray over any of the individuals who are hoping for a bike? Will you pray for their salvation? Their healing? Will you consider voting for them? Zeke has been provided for in such an amazing God way and I pray that these families will also experience the Lord's touch in a personal, tangible way too.
https://www.greatbikegiveaway.com/
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