Tomorrow will make 2 weeks until I'm on the plane from "the big easy" to "the big apple" and I'm super excited. It's been a crazy experience already and I'm not even there yet. Like any mission trip, I had to raise money which made me really nervous, because it's a large amount. So, after sending out my support letters all I could do was pray and trust that God would provide, and in a short time I had already raised half of the amount. I never realized the significance in support raising. My trust in God is at whole new level seeing how he provides in such unexpected ways-through people I would have second guessed.

About two weeks ago I started feeling discouraged, confused, and nervous knowing I had 4 weeks to raise $1,000. I stopped praying about it, started feeling down on myself in so many ways, and was questioning if this was what God really wanted me to do this summer. Satan was definitely pulling me down. It took talking to a few good friends to help me realize that. I needed encouragement and I'm so thankful for them. So, here I am 2 weeks away from going, $860 left to raise, and AGAIN trusting God will provide in amazing ways. Take that Satan!

Raising support was an experience in itself and I can not wait to see what God does in New York City. Until then, I will continue to pray, spend time with my mom, make some money, and PACK...because in 2 weeks I will be in NYC for 5 weeks! :)