Hello all! I just wanted to start by thanking all of you for your continued support, you guys are all amazing and I am so blessed to be a part of your lives.
So, the most exciting news, which I somehow forgot to put in my last blog, was that we have plane tickets! YAY! It makes it feel so much more official and real knowing that we have the tickets bought and waiting for us. The second update is that our team is now down to 9 people instead of 10. This is a sad and a joyful thing, sad because we are losing our team member Jessica, joyful because the reason she can't come is because they just found out she is pregnant with their second child. So exited for them, but also sad because I know how badly she wanted to be on this trip.
Our last few meetings we have started talking a little more in depth about what we will be doing while we are down there. One of the most exciting this is that we will be getting to spend a full day in a village doing a sports camp kinda day with the kids there. We will also get to do something similar for the kids at LOL, putting on a Fun Day, followed by a Fall Festival. We spend the last meeting bouncing around a lot of ideas of games, crafts, and just general activities that we could do with the kiddos. If you have any ideas of things feel free to let me know! We are still looking for more things, specifically something like a Home Depot kid's project, but other ideas are welcome too!
We spend the last half of the meeting continuing to get to know each other more. I finally am starting to feel like I know all of them, and am getting more and more comfortable with them. I realized that after our meetings I always go home in such a good mood and full of joy. I can't wait to see what God has in store for all of us! I also can't wait to see how He is going to use and grow each of us during this trip, and even just our time together before the trip. I think He definitely has something special planned for our team :)
So now for the financial update, I have been incredibly blessed, and was way over my last monthy goal, and so now all I need by next month is $305. After that, I only need $800 more and I will be fully funded! Crazy right?!? It's all happened so fast. I know I am supposed to go on this trip, and the slow but steady inflow that God has provided has just proven that fact in my mind even more. If you'd like to help let me know, there are online options or physical options, all of which can be tax deductible.
I still think this trip is going to change me, in what ways? That I don't know, but God keeps bringing up things that point to a revelation coming. I just pray that for every revelation I have, there is also someone in Belize that God will use us to impact as well. I long to leave, four months still seems to far away. But all in His timing, right?
Thank you for coming alongside me and supporting me in what ever way you can! I appreciate it, and I appreciate YOU! Much love and be blessed!
Dawn
