Almost there!!!!!

2 weeks ago, I needed to come up with a seemingly impossible amount of $2700 to make this trip happen. To be honest, I had prepared myself with the thought of not getting to go to Europe. I was a little sad, but mostly happy to know that there are so many giving people just a stone's throw away: my Mom who has been key in our fund raising and selling efforts, my Aunt Andrea who helped me get this thing going, Big Mama, I couldn't have done it with out her, and so many others. It all adds up and I am so grateful for what I have learned about myself and my family through this journey. It might seem trivial to some to be raising money for a trip when there are so many people in need in the world. But I believe that this trip will give me the tools and education I need to help when and where I can when I am put in the position of "can you help?"

I have about $500 left to go in about a week. And 6 months ago that amount was HUGE, but now doesn't seem so out of reach as I look around my room for things to sell. hahaha

I don't think God would let me come this far, surviving even the rapture yesterday ;-), to just give up and say, "oh well, there is nothing more I can do."

"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can." -- Henry Ford

I would never have expected to get to do something like traveling abroad and now, it's almost a dream come true. Just $500 more.