It's Real!-Deposits and Shots are Paid

As quick as the money came in, it goes back out!  Yesterday was both exciting and nerve-racking!  I wrote my first check towards my trip, and our plane tickets are being booked next week.  I can't wait to see an actual flight itinerary!

We continue to fundraise, but I'm comfortable that God will provide for the expenses of our travel.  Our Kroger Cards are being used (thanks to everyone using them!), and we should receive our first check from them sometime this month.  What touches me the most, though, is the number of personal donations that I've received.  I'm amazed at the generosity of my friends, family, and complete strangers who support my mission!  My life experiences continue to reveal my "real" friends, and I'm blessed to be surrounded by such genuine people.  I am loved!

Another big event yesterday was receiving my travel vaccines.  I'm still sore!  It's scary to think that a person needs so much protection just to enter another country.  It's also scary to think that the people living don't get this protection.  A simple shot could save so many lives!  We take so many things for granted!  Our medical access is such a miracle, and it's not being shared around the world!

I continue to pray that what hurts God will hurt me and the ones around me!  I pray that my travel, and the travel and efforts of others, will create awareness and open eyes and hearts.  We have so much to share with those less fortunate (less fortunate seems like an understatement!).  I prayer that we will all start looking at our own lives and what we can each do to change the life of another.  I have a LONG way to go on this journey.  I'm the first to admit that I struggle with material things and committing my life to service.  It's so easy to sit back and be comfortable.  But I pray that God will continue to show me how to make a difference, and that I will continue to push myself out of comfort.  I want to make a difference!