6/10/2013

    WOOHOO! We filled 32 bins!!! Thanks so much to everyone who donated to our Goodwill fundraiser. It was truly amazing how much stuff we got yesterday. We got there in the morning expecting to only fill about 10 bins, but as we emptied our two rooms (which were packed full of all kinds of fun things) the Goodwill people realized they were going to need another truck. We filled up the first 18 bins by 1:00 and had to wait for the next truck which was bringing 15 bins. When the next truck got there, we all got in a line and started passing boxes and bags to the bins and they filled very quickly too. It was awesome! At about 3:15 or so the trucks had been loaded up and were ready to leave, and we got our final number that we made $1,600 from the 32 bins! That's absolutely AMAZING!!! We are so thankful for everyone who has donated any items to this fundraiser, you guys really made this one possible, everyone came together as a community. Whether you are in Ramona or Chino, we came together as one community and it is incredible! 

    On another note, we had our last meeting before we leave for Kenya. (22 days!!!) It was packed full of so much info. We went over things that would be good to bring over there for the VBS that we'll be putting on, we got a calendar that says pretty much everything we're doing, we also started the-dying the shirts that we'll be taking over there for the VBS we're putting on. I'm so excited for July 2nd, and all this info just makes me even more excited. Just being able to see what we're doing over there is so cool! I think what I'm most excited about (and it could change in the next 3 weeks) is going to visit a school that teaches disabled kids. I've helped out with a few camps that were for kids with disabilities and I had so much fun. These kids have such life in them, and such joy. It's contagious. I'm looking forward to everything else of course, but when I saw that on the calendar, I was ecstatic. 

   I've started putting together my packing list, and I'm slowly realizing that I think I'm going to forget something important, because I'm not a very good list-maker. Hopefully I get everything on my list, and then I get everything packed that was on my list. It'll be lots of fun trying to pack. 

    As we get closer to leaving, people keep asking me, "are you nervous?" I tell them I'm not, that I'm just super excited, because I am SO EXCITED! But I am a little nervous. I've never been this far from home before, and I'm a person who likes to be in control of any situation. Going into this country, I will be completely out of control, and that's not a terrible thing, but it is a little scary. But I know that I was called to go to Kenya for a reason, and maybe it was to work on letting go of my control, and giving God more control of my life. 

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 6:33-34