Jamaica Gift Basket!

31 Days!!

In case you haven't heard...I am going on a Missions Trip to JAMAICA! mon. I leave the evening of May 17th and we fly out of Moncton May 18th! I can't wait. Every two years Grace Christian School takes their Grade 11 and 12 students to Jamaica and this year they have asked if I would like to come along as a chaperone! (stop laughing, I'll be a good one, I promise!)  I am a youth leader at Grace Baptist Church and already have a rapport with some of the students that are going.  I can't wait to get to know the rest...this is something I've wanted to do for YEARS and I never dreamed I would get the opportunity. 

We are going to be helping out in the community and going to an Orphanage, a deaf school, a home called West Haven for people with disabilities...its going to be an AMAZING experience.  We have been doing lots of fundraising to be able to go and just this past weekend the kids put on a play and it was such a success!!  Before the play began they showed pics/videos of the last trip 2 years ago and I found myself sitting there all teary and lumpy-throated thinking - I'm going to be there really soon, cuddling, playing, & spending quality time with those little ones..My heart just exploded. I can only imagine what it's going to be like.

God has really shown himself to me during the time of preparing for this trip.  I was asked back in November and I had a teeeny tiny freak out in about January where I was majorly concerned about how the funding is all going to come together...and another when I wasn't sure I would get my renewed passport in time...but all of these things are coming together and I've really had to rely on God to make this work out...and He's been doing just that!

I still have more fundraising to do, and I'm particularly excited about this last fundraiser - I have sent out letters to companies around Charlottetown and I have heard back from a few of them and they have donated a couple of items here and there to put into a Gift Basket that I'm working on.  I have had some of my favorite ladies (you know who you are!!) that are super crafty that have donated items for it as well! The items in there are already over $100 worth...I'm going to start selling tickets to raffle it off starting next week. The tickets are $2 for one and $5 for 3. Let me know if you are interested, or if you have something you'd like to donate!  The draw will be May 4th.  TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!

PS..I LOST 4 lbs!!! (in a week!!) more on that tomorrow!