God is Faithful!

Hi from Charlotte, NC!

I haven't blogged in a while, but as Octavia says that it gives her life meaning to read the inspirational stories of God's work in her brothers and sisters' lives, here I am! ^__^

God has been tremendously faithful to me this summer. As some of you may know, this summer I'm doing something very un-Whartony. No internship, no summer session, no research, no finance/business related endeavor for me. Instead, by God's grace, I've started a tutoring service in my community and my church to benefit my childhood best friend and sister in Christ, Sarah, who was diagnosed with leukemia last June. My fundraising goal for this summer is $1,000, and by God's grace and with the love of my church family, I've made almost $400 so far!

The best part, however, is that just yesterday, Sarah's father called me and told me that her balance at Duke Hospital has already been cleared! This is absolutely amazing because her current medical insurance plan had already maxed out throughout the course of her treatment, and at least now the costs of her previous treatment and stays at Duke have been taken care of! Our God is certainly faithful and gracious! ^__^

And today is a happy day, because it's actually Sarah's 20th birthday!

I'll be seeing her at the end of the month to celebrate with her for a week, but for now, it'd be super awesome if you guys could all go on her blog and leave a comment on her latest entry! recherchefallaciousandunprepossessing.blogspot.com

God's been teaching me a lot about myself this summer, mostly about things upon which I can improve, but I've thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience and am trying to conscientiously "work out my salvation" knowing that I'm still a work in progress.

I hope you guys are all being tremendously blessed this summer! I'm keeping our class in my prayers!