WOW!! Almost time!

I can't express how unbelievably grateful I am to all of the people that have helped me get to this point. Right now I only have $180 left to raise before I've met the goal of $3000. I have spent a lot of time praying about how I will make it there but I keep getting support from everyone around me. God has blessed me so much with an unbelievable support system.

As I sit thinking about how my two weeks will play out I think of what I'm going to do without my little baby bean for 2 whole weeks. The longest that I've been away from her is a 4-day weekend that she spent at the lake with Drew's family for Memorial Day weekend. We were in the same state and if anything had happened to either of us we could have been reunited in a matter of hours. It is about a 36-hour trip to Cambodia with numerous layovers and a lot of changing planes. I know down deep that God will take care of both of us, but I still have to wonder what it will be like to be gone from her. It makes me sad to think about, but I think about all the lives that I am going to be touching and how much of God's love I will be spreading and it makes the time of separation a little easier to bear. I chose to continue participating in vision/mission trips since I've had Lola because I want her to be raised with a spirit for sharing God's word and works while traveling and seeing all of His beautiful treasures and meeting all of His amazing people. Believe me I understand that a 17-month old can't understand why her mommy is gone for two weeks, but I hope one day she can look back on this blog and understand why I chose to make the journey. I know there are 10 young girls in Cambodia that I can get to know and share experiences with that will help me to always remain grounded in faith, which will only make me a better mother.

Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. Lamentations 2:19