At the news of Bobby's graduation, I was stunned and confused. I knew God was calling me on this trip but what would happen to the trip now? Well, enter John Clark. My friend Aaron and I met with John to see what was goin’ on with the trip. Was it still happening? How would that look without Bobby? He assured us that although there was a lot of grief in and around the organization that the trip was going forward because they believed that is what Bobby and God would want. Whew! Cool, so we are still going to Cambodia! Then John told us what the trip would look like, what we would be doing. He talked about the feel and the vibe of the Kingdom of Cambodia. He talked of its people who seemed to be his friends. He spoke of them not as people he was going to help but as friends he was going to see again and hang out with. I was really intrigued by that. He spoke a lot of serving them and loving on them. He got me amped to go, not that I was not before but now I was all in! As with any mission trip I had to raise support to get me to Cambodia. Even in economically stable time this is a challenge, but in these present days even more so. People have so little to spare. When they give now a days, some of them are literally giving the widow's mite (Mark 12:41-43).
So with the support of my wife and family, I wrote this letter with God's guidance:
"I am writing to tell you about a unique mission’s opportunity I have in front of me. I have been invited by Musicianaries International, Inc. to go on a mission trip with them to Cambodia! This is unique because I will be using my Holy Hip-Hop music as a ministry tool as well as doing typical missionary field work. I went on a mission trip to the Middle East, which was life-changing, but to go and use my music…Wow! What an amazing thing!
I will be arriving in Cambodia on Wednesday, July 1st and departing on Monday, July 13th. The following is a description of what a “typical day” could look like according to Musicianaries International, Inc.
“Each day is quite unique but days are typically spent traveling, distributing rice at least once a day, sometimes up to 3 times a day and free medical care. The nights will have concerts with up to 30,000 in attendance, and a few evenings we will be doing television shows with live audiences and about a 1.5-3 million viewing audience.”
I want to invite you to be a part of the trip by helping me take the gospel to the nations. Here is how you can help:
Give: You can give to send me. The trip will cost around $3,200, with the first half due by April 4th and the remainder due by May 29th. I know that we are in tough economic times, but just pray about it. If the answer is yes, give! Give and know that God will supply for your needs beyond what you are sacrificially giving for this trip.
If you would like to give, please make the check out to:
Musicianaries International, Inc.
Place a sticky note or attach a note by paper clip to the check stating that the check is for Proverb Newsome’s Cambodia mission trip fund.
Send your check to:
Musicianaries International, Inc.
P.O. Box 31868
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420-1868
Your donation will be tax-deductible in the USA (Fed tax ID# 65-0885954). You will get a tax receipt at the end of the calendar quarter and at the end of the year.
Pray: You can pray for me and the entire team that is going. Pray for our safety, our effectiveness, our travels within the country, and good health for the entire trip.
Tell: Let your friends who may be willing and able to give know about the trip.
Whether you decide to help in one or all of the above ways, you have my deepest appreciation!
Pray, Listen, Obey.
Proverb Newsome"
I penned this and sent it to all my friends. I even sent it to my fans thru my website www.proverbnewsome.com. I put it out there with full faith that God would provide even in these times. Before we knew it my internal trip cost were covered. This was a testimony to my wife who was in but had serious doubts about actually raising the money, but was now seeing God's hand at work. The rest of the fund raising was a exercise in faith. As I went to trip trainings to get me acclimated for my time in a foreign country, we waited for the rest of the money to come. This wait was an extended period of time that pressed right up to the time I was to leave to go. We were beginning to doubt then 1 week before we got a call saying that my trip cost were covered! God came thru. What an awesome time of trusting and obeying. Oswald Chambers was right there is not accounting for the afterwards of obedience. Now it was just a matter of getting the stuff I needed to take. Some clothes, kicks, and personal items. I was going to Cambodia.
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