Itinerary

Today we all received a more detailed itinerary for our trip from Visiting Orphans, and I feel about 100% more excited now! I was super excited before, but now that we have even more details, I'm ready to do a little dance, lol :) So, for those of you who are interested, I updated the Itinerary on the left sidebar if you'd like to take a look! I'm going to try to do a little research about each of the ministries we'll be working with and post what I find! Thanks for your continued prayers!

Passport!

I got my passport in the mail today! YAYYYYY!!! :) It did not take nearly as long to get here as I thought it would - less than 4 weeks actually! But it's here, and I'm thrilled. One step closer to Africa :)

WOW

This morning I had the idea that I should probably sit down and figure out how much further I have to go 'til I can make the first big payment for my trip by the May 25th deadline.

Seeing as I just graduated from college last week, I have been consumed by thoughts of assignments and deadlines and grades, accompanied by making time for all the usual graduation festivities (which included having my wonderful boyfriend in town for a week!) As a result, my focus on fundraising for Africa has kind of fallen by the wayside for the past few weeks (aside from my absolute frantic prayers that I'll have enough to make the deadline!)

So I sat down today and started crunching numbers.

And I was ASTOUNDED.

Out of the total $3,400 needed for the trip, the amount that I need to raise by May 25th is $2,200.

Wanna know how much I have right now?

$2,247

:)

WOW. To say that I am amazed, is an understatement. I cannot even begin to explain how grateful I am for all the family and friends that have helped get me to this point. I never expected such an outpouring of love and support. You guys are amazing :)

Beyond that, I am astounded at the way in which God has blessed me and proven Himself faithful. I guess I really shouldn't be all that surprised...He has always provided, and always will. I'm really just...astounded. Again.

So...I'd like to give a huge THANK YOU to all my friends and family for your prayers and support (please keep praying!) and an even bigger THANK YOU to God for blessing me beyond belief.



P.S. Keep checking back for more updates! Now that I'm done with school, this trip is becoming my main focus, so I'll be tracking my progress a little more faithfully! :)