Speechless.

Tonight I am alternately jumping up and down screaming (oh yes I am)....and sitting with my hands over my mouth saying over and over, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!"

SIXTY FEET IS COMING!!!!

And here's the amazing part....we DIDN'T finish in the top 3!! (we were #4) But here's what they said in their announcement of the winners:

We know we said only the top 3, but we also said we like enthusiasm and there were some serious enthusiastic voters. Valerie, we’re coming to see you!

Oh yes they did....they said they're coming to see ME! Can you believe it? :)

THANK YOU for voting!!

I was totally cracking up at all the comments people left to vote. People I don't even know were voting for my hometown, asking them to come here for ME! I sent out an email asking friends to vote, and in the email I said, "You can just say (my hometown) if you want to. Or you can say, 'My friend Valerie is a weirdo and a fanatic. Please come to (hometown) so she’ll leave me alone!'" One person - who I DON'T know - typed that exact sentence! Hahahaha!

Ok, so I know I'm acting like a tweenie who just found out Justin Bieber is coming to her house, but let me tell you - even THEY could not be more excited than I am. ;) Even before I went to Uganda this ministry completely embedded itself in my heart, and when I was there, no other place we went had such a huge impact on my life as being in the children's prisons with SixtyFeet. I can't explain it. I have no words. But this is so huge in my heart that sometimes I feel like it will totally overwhelm me.



Ever since I got back, I've been asking God what I'm supposed to do - to show me a way I can help them. When I read their blogs or see their pictures, something slams into the walls of my heart. Something more than just feeling sad for the children. It's like a longing....a desperation....for I don't even know what. A desperation to do something.



And now, they're coming here! And it's about so much more than just having the chance to meet the people who started this amazing ministry. The fact that we were #4 and they're coming anyway? The fact that they mentioned me specifically? The fact that so many people I don't even know said they were voting because of me? It was like a sweet whisper from God to my heart saying, "I see you. I hear you. I know your heart's desire. And I'm the One who's doing this in you. It's not all in your head.....it's Me."

You know when God does something He doesn't have to, just to show you He loves you? Yeah, it was like that. :)




Me and Moses. LOVE him.

[PLEASE pray with me that every aspect of their trip will be worked out in detail - the publicity, the timing, where they will stay, where the presentation will be held, and that LOTS of people will come and hear about the awesome work they are doing....and join them.]