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

I raised all the money for my trip! So did mom! Thank you to EVERYONE who donated!! We so appreciate it.

Happy Easter! He is risen! <3

Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night Success!

Well, I just sat down from being on my feet since 5pm.  5-8pm was our spirit night at Chick-Fil-A on Colombia, and it was definitely hard work.  So many families came out to support our trip, praise God!  Thank you to everyone who was there tonight, we appreciate it so very much.

For the majority of the time, I was back in the easter bunny suit.  It was nice to be sitting and in the air conditioning this time.  The kids were so precious, even though a few were thoroughly terrified of me.  If it weren't for all the smiles, hugs, and high fives I received tonight, I would not have been able to stay in that sweaty suit!  It was pretty yucky, yet somehow, I would be happy to do it again.  Around 7, when most of the families had left, I was able to retire the suit for good, grab a bite to eat, and start serving the customers and the restaurant.  It was fun to talk to some of the people and share a little about the missions trip and Gateway.  It's really cool how God can turn something as simple as serving a couple at Chick-Fil-A into a chance to share my faith.  The employees at Chick-Fil-A were amazing, too.  It was a pleasure to serve them by cleaning the restaurant and play place, serving the customers, etc.  Mrs. Gina would not stop cleaning the windows!  I also got a picture of Pastor Charlie and Mr. Daniel (he's the leader of the missions trip) cleaning the windows.  Let's just say, those windows were sparkling by the time we all left!

Thanks again to the missions trip team for your hard work, everyone who stopped by to support us, and a BIG thank you to Chick-Fil-A for hosting this!  It was such a pleasure.  Pics will be posted soon :) God bless!

Chickfila spirit night tonight! Come to chickfila on colombia from 5-8, and 20% of all funds goes towards our trip! Dont miss this opportunity to help!

Oh!  I had forgotten to mention this before.  My wonderful mother has been wanting to come with me to Uruguay for a while, but it would have to be God's will for her to go if we were ever going to raise the necessary funds.  She has been praying about it for a while, and in the past few weeks, she has been feeling that she is supposed to acompany me on this trip!  I'm so happy she gets to go. 

Final amounts in for the flea market fundraiser! The total amount of money raised was $4630.67, and Mom & I made $396.09 each towards our trips. Praise God!