The Journey

 Yesterday morning I woke up with one of the worst migraines I've ever had so I went back to sleep and  I had a dream about Zambia. When I woke up, I was once again in my dark room with my head still throbbing... But I couldn't help but have my heart leap with excitement! I seriously felt like dancing and laughing and I caught myself asking - "God, what are you going to do next? How could it possibly get better than this? You are turning my dream into a reality but it still doesn't feel real!"  A few hours later, my mom came home as I was sitting on the couch watching the Travel Channel of course. She ran over with a huge smile on her face and told me that $950 had been added to my account!!    I seriously couldn't say anything or make any kind of expression other than my jaw dropping... I was lost for words! God is so good! And that is literally all I can think of to say! He definitely answered my question from that morning and He most definitely pr...

        So officially I only have 77 days to go before I head out on my 2 month journey to Afrika! I cannot even begin to describe the excitement building up in me! I've been dreaming about this trip for the past 7 months and it is now so close! But what blows my mind even more than how close this trip is coming up is how faithful God has been throughout this process!  Lets overview... When I had started making plans for fundraising and writing letters... I felt like God was telling me "Woah, hold on. I DON'T want you to fundraise AT ALL until I tell you to." Now first of all, I'm cool with following direction from God.... but this seemed crazy!I was like  "What?! God, is that really you? This is insane! But, I'm just going to trust you no matter how crazy this seems."  So, I think me and God had a pretty good understanding after I finally said "Im just going to trust you." You see, when you tell God, "I'm going to trust you...