I wake up each morning and its hits me all over again WE ARE GOING TO AFRICA! Its getting more and more real to me that God has a major adventure ahead of us in one month. These last few weeks I have been helping friends move in and prepare for another year at college and I cant help but feel so happy that I am heading to Swazi with so many awesome girls who all share the same passion as me! It becomes more and more real when I'm shopping for a sleeping bag and they are shopping for pots and pans for our apartment ha ha.

I find the idea of expectations a really hard thing to deal with as I'm getting ready for our trip. Lots of people who are supporting me financially continue to ask me what exactly are ya'll going to be doing over there for three months, and my continues response is that all I know so far is that one our biggest goals will to be a ministry of presence. This means to me that us being over there and building relationships with these wonderful people will be a ministry in itself.

I also feel like it is best (for me at least) to go on a mission trip with little to know expectations except to constantly keep in the front of my mind that "I am here because God feels like He can use me as well as the people I am with to better His kingdom and bring Glory to His name."

I am so stoked to be around everyone who is going on this trip. And feel so blessed to be engulfed by amazing people all striving to do the same thing I am. CHANGE THE WORLD!