Arevaderche!!!

Arevaderche California, Ciao Italy!

So about seven months ago I started fundraising for this trip and I made it! My family and I tried at least 101 ways to get money for me to go. Many people didn't have faith in me and sometimes I didn't either, but I made it. This program is really designed for kids whose parents could write a check for $7,000 without even blinking, but that doesn't mean it's impossible for others. I never would have thought I would be presented this opportunity but I am grateful that I was. I would have never been able to pull this off without my family, friends, the Pilgrim Congregational Church, and generous strangers. I believe everything happens for a reason and I believe that this trip was meant to be because every month we were able to scrape up money, even with being busy with school, work, community service, prom, and being a teenager we (my family and I) were able to raise $7,230 in seven months. I strongly believe with all my heart that God had this in his plans for me because if he didn't he wouldn't have given my family and I the strength and the determination to not give up when things got hard. So the theme of my story is never give up, nothing is impossible, dreams really do come true, never stop dreaming and never stop trying to achieve your goals!

P.S. You can't just sit around and wait for your dreams to happen you have to get out there and make them happen!

Thank you everyone!