We’ve been pointing CONSTANTjourney readers to our support raising efforts in a couple of places (link, link, link, link) recently (and a couple of offline places as well) and so we wanted to make sure we’re giving you updates on our progress so far. We currently have a remaining need of $913 in monthly support. That means that since our initial efforts began, people have partnered with us in additional ways, to the tune of about $200 a month. And we are humbled.

We have this confidence that it’s going to work out, that Canvas will have the resources it needs to continue the amazing efforts that have already begun in B’ham. We’ve come so far, we have no reason to worry about this at all.

But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works. O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you? (Psalm 77:11-13 NLT)

But it will take some effort and hard work to communicate the passion we have for the work we’re a part of. And it will take faithful people, merging their life’s journey with this one, stepping up and saying that they believe in what they see God doing here. It might even take you. We’ve just got to keep asking.

If you feel that this journey, this CONSTANTjourney is something you’d like to be a part of, then please take a moment to let us know: Click here to let us know you want to commit support in some way, financial, encouragement, or anything else. Here are a few more links that might help you along your way:

• Our current support status
• Ways you can join the journey
• Contact us with your questions
• Then after you become a CONSTANTjourney supporter, you will receive a username and password to login and see some great supporter-only stuff.

However you want to join with this journey, one thing is for sure: you can pray. We are so blessed to know that people care. That they want to see Canvas succeed. That they want to see students cared for - really cared for and loved so that they might ask us why we love them so much.

Thank you for being a part of this journey. If you’re not yet a part of the support base, please consider it. If you are, we continue to be in awe of your faithfulness to make this happen. We cannot say thank you enough.

Notice something different around here? Don’t get me wrong, I liked our last website design, but it was time for a change. The previous layout just didn’t let us feature the things we wanted to feature. And so, here we are. A new look for a CONSTANTjourney.

This layout should prove to be much “smarter” than our last - and so should make reading all the more enjoyable. It will also let us feature some great things on the front page (which I imagine you’ve seen by now). These will be things that we want to draw attention to, important things, like our support raising efforts for example (I couldn’t resist).

We hope this will be a great upgrade to what we hope has developed into a great tool for connecting you to us, no matter what side of the Atlantic we’re on. Feel free to leave comments about your experience with the newness.