This semester the Lord has provided in every way for the Upper Room. I have not had to ask a single person to provide food; rather, the Lord lays it on certain peoples' hearts to ask if they can give us something. One of these people is a man named Shane. He has become a close friend of the teams and is always willing to help. Shane offered to cook a big stew for us this past Thursday. We hadn't heard from him in a couple of days, which was very unusual, so when Thursday rolled around I realized that we needed a back up plan to feed 50 people (just in case Shane didn't show up).

Here is where the greatness of the Lord comes into play: As I said, God has provided in every way for the Upper Room, most noticeably through food provision. This Thursday was a little different though. Each week someone comes up to me and asks if they can fix something for us for the next week. This was the case for Thursday but God knew it wasn't going to work out; therefore, He provided in a different way. He provided the food we would need before we even knew we needed it! Two of my teammates attend Manukau New Life and this past Sunday their church gave us a heap of sausages (about 100). We had them in our freezer without a clue of how to use them. The Upper Room turned out to be our answer!  

Along with the sausages was a small pot of curry and rice (given by a lady who wanted to fix something). At the end of the day do you know how much food we had left? One sausage...yes,
just
one! God knew
EXACTLY how much we would need and He provided an abundance! We actually had something to discard. HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD?!

I wanted to write about this experience to testify to the Lord's goodness, His activity in our personal lives at this moment as well as showing the LOVE God has for His creations. He cares for us so much that He will provide food before we even know we need it!
OUR GOD IS GREAT! I honestly have not been able to stop singing His praises since! Please join with me in singing praises to His name for all the good He does right now in our lives.