Guatemala... here we come!

24 days!
24 days till Guatemala!

Lots has happened since my last post.
I got in my car accident, got a new car.
I decided that with car payments and guatemala, I just couldn't afford to go to Mexico this summer with my old church, New Providence.
I needed a pastor's signature on my Guatemala forms, so I decided to get Mike Flavin to sign off for me.
When I walked into the church for the morning service, a woman at the door welcomed me, and asked if I wanted to sit with her. She was just so friendly. After the service, I tracked down Mike, and told him about the accident, and that I just couldn't possibly afford Mexico.
He asked if I wanted to go. I told him "yes, butI just can't afford it"
He told me an anonymous doner created a scholorship for me to go.
WHATTTTT.
I started crying. haha.
He asked if I could still fundraise to pay for additional costs. I said yes.
The woman I was sitting with said "you're going to mexico? Here, mike, here's a check for $100. I want her to go."

I am still in shock. I couldn't believe that someone could be so giving and compassionate. I thank god every night.

I went to the Liquid membership dinner last night and finally became a Liquidite!
It's a big commitment, but it's really important to me. I'm so excited to finally be a member of a church that's so great.
I signed up to help out with LiquidKids and the greeting team.

I met with 2 of my prayer partners for the Guatemala team. It feels so good to return to my faith, in a concrete and real way.
I'm so excited for Guatemala, and to see what God has to teach me.

Please keep our team in your prayers!

Guatemala, here we come!

I feel like God has finally answered for my prayers.
I've needed... something. Something I couldn't explain.
I've just felt so empty lately, so useless.
I've prayed to God to not feel worthless anymore.

God has answered my prayers with a mission to Guatemala, only a month away!

I met my team yesterday. I'm pretty sure I'm the youngest. But I look forward to having great times with my teamates and growing together as we serve.

We're going to Hogar de Vida Ninez. An orphanage in San Andres.

I ran into a small issue. Girls are required to wear floor-length skirts... at all times.
So I went to Goodwill. The solution? KILTS!
I would never bring my good authentic scottish kilts. They're keepsakes, and expensive. And pretty warm.
But for $5, you can get a used kilt! Or a fake kilt! (which is pretty much just a tartan skirt. haha)

And they're actually skirts I would wear in real life. Well, some of them.

I'm one of 2 people on the team that speaks spanish. Haha.
But in the village we're visiting, most of the people speak dialect, so I'm not sure how useful I'll be. lol.

Please pray for our team!
And praise god for the opportunity to make a difference in the world!