I finally got my passport!!!!

Yay!!!! This is my shiny new passport book. Now I am all set to go. :)

It's been awhile.....

I've been wanting to post some updates on here for a few days, but I feel like not much is going on.  :] I am as excited as ever, getting more so each day. My fundraising is going great, I'm nearly done. :D That is such an huge answer to prayer, thank you all for praying for me. I am still waiting to get my passport in the mail.... it should be arriving any day now.

I will be posting some more prayer requests in a few days. :) I love you all! <3

Rachel

P.S. If you haven't yet, check out our countdown blog, http://www.countdowntoecuador.blogspot.com/

99 Days!

Yesterday was 100 days until we leave for Miami. If you are following our super awesome countdown blog, you will see our super awesome 100-days-left-to-go pictures! :] haha.

So here ya go. 99 more days. :D

News!

Hello everybody! :] Well, as of today I need only $640 left to go until I am finished with fundraising! Wow. God is soooo good. We are still planning on having a yard sale soon, so hopefully that will help. :)

Also,me and a few other girls who are going on the trip have started a countdown blog.... we have brainstormed some pretty awesome ideas on how to countdown to the trip. :P So you should check it out.

http://www.countdowntoecuador.blogspot.com/

Please keep praying! <3 Thank you all so much.

Rachel <3

My Sponsored Child!

I have been praying about this for awhile, and I finally decided to go for it! I am sponsoring a child! :D So what this means is each month, I donate $38 and it gives my child the opportunity to go to school, attend church classes and learn about Jesus, get proper health care, and other things that a poor child would otherwise never have to the opportunity to receive. I chose a little girl whose name is Erika.

She is four years old. When I go to Ecuador this summer, I will be able to meet her. I am so excited and I love her so much already! <3

From last year....

I found this video from last years trip and I really thought it was cool. Maybe you guys will want to check it out too. :)
http://www.neverthesamemissions.blogspot.com/

It should be right at the top of the page. :D

107 days to go!!!

Countdown!

114 days.
2736 hours
164,160 minutes.
9,849,600 seconds

Yes!

On Wednesday, we went down to the post office to submit my passport application and get my photos taken. Of course, it's not a very good photo of me, but oh well.... :)
I also bought my plane tickets! I am flying out at 6:45am, and not landing in Miami until 5:24 that night. So it'll be a long day, but I am so excited so I'm sure it'll be fine. :) I'm actually not flying back until the 11th now, change of plans.
Please pray for the rest of the money to come in, and for my passport to arrive (hopefully quickly) in the mail. Also, please keep praying for the people of Ecuador, and the other people going on the trip. I know some girls are having some trouble with their fundraising, so if you could be praying for them too, that would be great.
We were going to have a yard sale tomorrow (Saturday) morning, but we had to cancel it because the chance of rain was too great. :( Pray that we'll be able to find another weekend (soon!) to do it.

3 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days left! (or 115 days :P )