So long, farewell...

I am leaving this Monday night for Manila in the Philippines! My ISP team (International Service Project) will be flying for about 16 hours in a plane and then landing at our destination! We are going there to serve the people of Manila and show Christ's amazing love to the people there. I am very excited for the trip and what God holds for us there.
Here are some pictures of Manila!



The trip will consist of...
-Hot, Humid weather
-VBS with kids!
-Interesting new foods
-The Mall of Asia
-Good fellowship with Brothers and sisters in Christ
-Hot, Humid weather..
-College and High School Students
-Being with my team for 3 straight weeks
-Discovering God's presence wherever I go
-Missing America and my family
-Loving serving my Lord!
-Meeting and making new friends!
-Karaoke
-16 hour plane ride!
-Hot, Humid weather
-Praying for my Mom and Grandma not to be worried about me. ;)
-Working with a church plant!

Here is a picture of Balut. Some eat this in the Philippines.. Interesting!

Wow, after writing out all those things I am pretty excited to go! I am ready to fully rely on God, draw near to Him, trust Him, love Him, grow in Him, praise Him and understand Him more while serving Him. It is all for His glory and I pray He will be glorified through our team's words, actions and love!

Please pray for my team as we are there for 3 weeks. We leave June 15th and return July 5th.

I know you guys will all miss reading my blog and won't know what to do without it so just re-read my old posts and that should hold you over till I get back but if you would like, you can read our teams update website at
http://www.calbaptist.edu/spiritual-life/international-service-projects/default2.aspx?id=7370

Courtney and Hillary will be together again.. for one day..

Yes, that is right, I will see Courtney this Sunday and I am excited. Courtney is one of my best friends. We have this bond that I probably will never have with any other person.

This is us our Freshman year at Cal Baptist

Our sense of humor fits together like two puzzle pieces and we never get tired of each other. She can make me laugh so hard that tears appear and I love it.

This is and Court and I on Halloween our Sophomore year.

This is us our Junior year

I will only get to hang out with her for one day because she is going to Ukraine for 3 weeks with ISP this Monday! So be praying for her and her team as they go work with orphans! Way to live up to James 1:27. :)

Here is her team (I stole this pic from her facebook)

This is us at the zoo for her Birthday our Senior year!
Love you Courtney