1st blog!

It is 1:26pm on Wednesday September 11th... less than 24 hours ago I got invited to Thailand & accepted! I will be leaving on December 26th... that is only 15 weeks away! (105 days, but hey who's counting?) As I've been going through the day at school Thailand is literally all I can think about, I can't concentrate on anything but this trip. I decided to create this blog so that everyone can stay informed about my trip... I will write in it starting now & continue to keep everyone updated as I prepare for the trip, write from Thailand & reflect on the trip after...I will get some pictures up & that way everyone can stay connected. I know this is the first of many trips so this will just be an ongoing blog... one Thailand trip to the next.

I'm sure there are TONS of questions & I will get on here hopefully later tonight to give the detailed story & all the little details about the trip.

There's SO much to do in these next weeks... I should probably start with getting my PASSPORT!!! (I'm doing that on Monday & i'm just going to go ahead & pay the extra cost of getting it express... I definitely don't want to be stressing about my passport on December 25th!

I also need to get out support letters... the trip for each student costs $3,100 & the actual project itself costs about $20,000. A lot of money needs to be raised but we all know that God will provide.... there's no doubt about that one! He is good!!!

Besides financial support we are most importantly going to need a lot of prayer support! We are fully aware of the trials that will happen before & during the trip... we know we are going to have some pretty tough battles with satan, we know there are going to be set backs & we know that plans will have to be flexible... but we are more than ready & willing to fight!!!

I'm off to class now, but tonight I will definitely give the longer explanation!!

In Him,
Nicole