LAX

Well here we are... 7:42pm, December 27th.... Still in LA.

Got on the plane last night & they told us to wait a little bit because the computer that went to the gas gage wasn't working. A little bit turned into a very long & HOT (no AC) wait & finally after 3 hours they informed us they would be putting us in hotels for the night. The part that they needed had to be flown in from Bangkok so we had to wait ALL day at the hotel, Thai airlines was definitely good to us though & gave us vouchers for breakfast, lunch & dinner. So after a long day of waiting, we are back at LAX for the second attempt. Dan found us another flight once we get to Bangkok & so after our long 18 hour flight we will now have an 11 hour layover before we can fly to Chiang Mae. But God is great & his timing is PERFECT!

ON MY WAY TO LAX!!!

Leaving for LAX right now!!!!!!

in 7 hours i will be in the air!!!

it's time to GO!!!!

thank you all for your constant love & support. it's so much easier going abroad knowing that i have such a great support system back home!!! thank you for all your prayers while i'm gone, i am praying for your all!!! hopefully ill get a chance to update this when i arrive & a few times while im there. love you all.

here's the video that we will be showing in the village.

Next stop... Thailand!!

12 days left!

Thailand Video

Oh boy! 12 days is so soon! I'm just about done shopping for everything I need, which is a HUGE relief. I received all my shots and I'm currently taking my Typhoid pills (I have 2 left until i'm protected). My typhoid pills are live pills & it's such a weird feeling knowing that i'm taking a pill that is alive! The first day they made me REALLY sick, I just took the second one & I'm starting to feel a little funny again. My doctor gave me a whole bunch of medicine for "just in case" situations, and I went and bought a whole bunch of other medicine.

The  video above is one that was shown at church today that Dan made. It's pictures of previous trips and definitely gets me very excited about going! (Note, his name is Dan LAMM, not Dan LAMB) I'm starting to get really emotional when anyone brings up Thailand, I can't watch the above video without getting teary eyed and when I think about it I start tearing up. It's finally happening, this long anticipated wait is almost over & in 12 days I will be on a plane to Thailand (I totally just got really huge goosebumps!). Today I switched up my ESL class and had my students teach me Karen. They enjoyed being the teachers & more importantly, I enjoyed the crash course in the Karen language. 

It's amazing how everything has fallen into place perfectly this whole time. Any time I'm worried about ANYTHING, that fear instantly gets put out by something happening. This whole journey before the journey has been so great but i'm still extremely anxious to go!

this made me smile...

"God is as committed to you as He is to Jesus; and will do for you what He did for Jesus."- Joe Boatwright

15 days left!?!??!

oh boy! 15 days left!!!! that number is so insanely small. it makes me SO excited, yet terrified at the same time. I got my shots yesterday, all by myself & didn't cry!! I just had to keep in mind why I was getting the shots & i was fine! It's so crazy to think that in 15 days I will be getting on a plane, flying 18 hours to a different country, then driving 6 hours into the jungle to stay there for 4 weeks! No hot water, no electricity, no warm beds, nothing!! But I somehow get really excited when I think about those things. I know I'm going to get tested constantly & I'm always going to have to be putting in 120% every hour of the day. I know there are going to be times when I get homesick and will crave simple things like french fries and a warm house. But i've been working on staying focused on why I'm going. I'm not going so I can check it off a list of experiences, i'm not going so I can have some crazy adventure, I'm going because these villagers need to know about God. They need to know that there are people all over the world who love them & are constantly praying for them & above all they need to know that there's someone who created them & He knows every detail about them & still loves them unconditionally. What an amazing message I get to go share!!!! I get to not only share this amazing message but I get to simply love these villagers and embrace our time together & build relationships. I get the privilege of being involved in building a medical clinic... a place they can now take their sick children, a place that offers help, hope & love. I can't wait to wake up in the morning freezing & being able to walk outside of my hut and gather around the fire with the villagers, I can't wait to show my hut family pictures of my family at home, I can't wait to look at a bowl of food & realize that I somehow need to finish a bowl of the nastiest looking thing i've ever seen. All of these little details make me so excited & so nervous at the same time. But God is strong & He has plans & I can't wait to be a part of this whole thing! &  I can't wait til I can come home & share with you guys!!!!