It's Here O_o

O_o says it all.  Tomorrow is the day that it's all been leading up to, the day that it all starts.  I AM LEAVING THE COUNTRY AND GOING ON A MISSIONS TRIP TO URUGUAY!! AHHHH!!  It's amazing, I'm so blessed!  I couldn't be more excited (then again, I haven't gotten on the plane yet).  Thank you all for supporting me in preparing for this.  Throughout the next few days, please keep us in your mind, and don't forget to keep checking my blog for updates!  Also, please continue to pray for everyone's safety and for God to use us to bless those we're going to serve.  I just know that he will do amazing things in our lives during this trip.

Thank you for embarking on this journey with me.  It's going to be truly awesome. <3

Hi of 95 today. I'm going to miss this weather when we get to Uruguay. Weather forcast: 40-60 degrees.

Uruguay Itinerary

This is the schedule for the Uruguay trip!  I'm sure this is going to change in some way over the course of our trip based on what God is leading us to do, but this is the main idea of where we will be going and what we will be doing.  Enjoy!

Uruguay Itinerary

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Arrive & get settled	1:00pm Nursing home visits	2:00-6:00 Kids Carnival (details below)	4:00pm Main church service	Paint church – time TBD	Fun Day	Finish painting or other work project	Head home
Paint church interior	7:00pm Church service	8:00pm Youth service	Charlie preach	7:00pm Pastors meeting		7:00pm Church wide devotion & group discussion
	Daniel preach	Megan dance		Charlie speaks		Gina to facilitate & lead discussion
	Annie, Mika, Kelly & Niki Sing	Cardboard Testimonies (whole team)	Testimony 2 adults	Team serves meal to pastors		Team members to participate in discussion groups
	A team member share testimony	Testimony shared by 1 youth and 1 adult Niki preach	Niki sing

Kids Carnival order of service & participants

1. Face paint, games & characters outside as kids arrive
2. Worship music & dancers (Megan, Annie & Mika can teach a dance to girls and learn one of theirs to do during worship)
3. Sin chair skit (Mika, Steve, Angie & Niki)
4. Adam & Eve lesson (Kelly to teach w/ help from team)
5. Break into small groups to do the evangecube and pray (Alisha, Mika, Angie & Rhonda as group leaders)
6. Songs to end
7. Games and crafts outside

Im packing!

2 days left...

In about 20 minutes, there will be only two days left until the day that we leave for Uruguay.  The thought is overwhelming.  There are so many emotions that I'm feeling now, including anxiety.  In our Uruguay cell group earlier today, we were discussing what we are most looking forward to and most afraid of.  The majority of us were most excited to meet the people and to establish a relationship with them.  I especially can't wait until Saturday, when we will be having our VBS for the children.  However, I am afraid that I'm not prepared for this.  I feel like I haven't put enough thought into what I have committed to, even though I've worked hard so I will be ready.  I think all these feelings will go away when we finally arrive in Uruguay.  We have planned so much, and I believe we're all ready to carry our plans out!  Above all the other emotions racing through my brain, anticipation is the strongest.  I am so excited to see what God has prepared for us, and I believe that we will be ready for whatever it is.  After all, it's God who's sending us, and he will continue to guide us every step of the way.

Matthew 28:19-20      "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Please continue to pray for me as I set off on this journey.  Great things will happen :)

Church Address

I just wanted to make everyone aware that until now, I had posted the wrong address to send checks to, under my first "Welcome!" post.  I have changed it so it shows the correct address.  If you already sent a check to that address, we will still get it, so don't worry about that.  It just might take a while for the mail to go through forwarding.  Sorry about that, guys!

8 more days!

With school finishing up and my unfortunately small attention span for things that actually matter, I haven't been blogging nearly as much as I should have, and I apologize.  A lot of things have been planned for our upcoming trip that I'm very excited about and I would love to share them with you.  The ten days we will be in Uruguay, our team will be hosting LOTS of services for the church we are serving this trip, including a youth service, a pastor/leader service where our pastor, Charlie, will be lecturing, and a VBS for the Uruguayan children!  I am especially excited about the VBS, where I will be heading a small group and also doing a lot of skits and songs with the kids.  My mom and I have been preparing snacks and small toys to bring with us on the trip, which is a constant reminder that in a little more than a week, I will be leaving for Uruguay.  I'm still trying to wrap my head around that fact.  I would be lying if I said that I'm not nervous, but I'm trusting God to continue to mold me in this upcoming week into the person he needs me to be for those people in Uruguay.

Please continue to pray for my mother and me, along with the rest of our team.  Mom and I have been fasting sugar for the past few weeks (which is especially hard for me, because I love my sweets!).  Please be praying for God to ready me for this experience, because heaven knows, I'm not ready right now.

God bless you all! <3