As of last night, I only need $150 more for Bolivia.
I am in utter awe over how fast God has provided nearly all of my needed $3300 as well as the ways He has provided it. Some of you remember the tears and hours of prayer that went into the trip to Turkey (Tim, Hill, Ethan...) and it's just been incredible to see it all come in so fast this time. God's taught me a lot about faith preparing for both trips.
I have some amazing friends who have made this possible and this is a public thank you....I don't even have words to thank you properly. Just know that every life I am able to touch in South America is a direct result of you.
If anyone still wants to contribute, feel free....any money not used specifically for my trip with go into the organization and be put to use buying medical supplies and whatever else they need to keep the ministry running down there.
At this point, I need your prayers more than anything. Money will physically get me there but it is your prayers that will keep me going both physically and spiritually. My biggest fear is going with the wrong heart....to serve my desires (of knowledge and travel) rather than the hearts and needs of the Bolivians. Pray that God will break off the selfishness and that my heart would be soft and receptive and ready to learn and be broken some more when I get there.
I think the worst feeling ever is when you're right at the brink of catching a cold but you just don't seem to ever catch it...so you're in this horrible feeling, throat burning, head throbbing limbo that won't go away but you're not sick enough to actually stay in bed and get better. *sob
My brain has been mush for like 4 days now and I really need to focus but I can't!
AAAAAA!
Apparently the Bolivians are restless and people are being killed as a result of some serious civil unrest. YEAH! Ok that was a very sarcastic "yeah". The sick adventurous side of me is getting a pretty big rush out of the idea of going to a somewhat tumultuous area but realistically, we should probably all be praying that things settle down in the coming months so I don't go getting myself killed, abducted or worse...the worse being that my going might possibly not happen at all.
It would probably make my mother feel better too if the news wasn't saying "2 dead and 200 wounded in Cochabamba, Bolivia....".....
Tune in to this year's season of American Idol and watch one of our very own (meaning a BJU grad with a kick-tail voice) knock Simon's socks off...
Go Chris!
Wow. Between Facebook, moving back home and starting school, I'd almost forgotten about bensfriends.
School started Monday. I'm pretty excited about this semester! I'm taking 5 classes: one is an online math class (exciting) and the other 4 are going to be in a block style so I'm in the first of those at the moment. It lasts for 4 hours every day and is pretty interesting actually. We're just learning basic patient care stuff for now and will progress to more advanced techniques till we end the semester with phlebotomy. I thought I'd have more of a life after quitting over at the gov school but that's obviously not going to happen if I hope to come out of this with good grades.
The Lord has provided nearly 2/3 of my support for Bolivia already! Please still feel free to send money if you were planning on it...it would be amazing if I could have the trip paid for well in advance. I leave for that in about 5 months and I can't wait!
is Tennyson.
Tenny for short.
He likes the Bach cello suites and poetry.