So I completed my first goal of this whole experience!!!
I finished my application and turned it in yesterday!
Now I just have to wait, which will be hard, but it will teach me patience.
Application due date is Sept. 1st and then I think interviews are on the 7th. So I've got a couple of weeks to wait but it will definitely be worth it!
The application was a challenging process but I learned a lot through it, and I've decided I like to be challenged. It makes me stronger!
I'll update again after the interview!!
love you all!!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
First of Many Goals I'm Setting For Myself
Ok so through this whole process, I am going to have to make goals for myself to keep me on track of everything I'm going to need to do. I mean, this whole process to get to Tanzania is going to take almost 10 months! That's a long time to stay focused! But I mean, I can do it, this is something I really, really want to do, so I'm not about to lose momentum! But I know with school just around the corner, life can get busy and things can unexpectantly pop up, so I'm solving that right now! When I went to Hampton Beach, I procrastinated a lot. Well no, let me be more specific. When I went to Hampton Beach, I got a head start on preparing and sending out round 1 of support letters, but then it was seriously months before I sent out round 2 and there was a whole lot of people I never even sent letters to! It was all because I just kept putting things off, even though it was something I really wanted to do, I let other things take priority. But not this time, this time I'm going to stay on top of things, and be much more relaxed going into this than I did going to Hampton Beach.
So what is goal #1 you may ask? To finish my Tanzania application by Sunday August 23. This is a week from today (well technically yesterday) and the day before school starts. I only have five questions left so I figured if I do a question a day I should be set! The reason I want to be done by Sunday is because the first couple weeks of school are always super chaotic, and I know if I don't finish my application soon, September 1 (the due date) will creep up VERY quickly! So I just decided, it's a very do-able goal to have my application completely completed by next Sunday!
Please pray that I get the application finished and that if it's God's Will, the team leaders will find that I should be placed on the team!
Love you all!!
:)
So what is goal #1 you may ask? To finish my Tanzania application by Sunday August 23. This is a week from today (well technically yesterday) and the day before school starts. I only have five questions left so I figured if I do a question a day I should be set! The reason I want to be done by Sunday is because the first couple weeks of school are always super chaotic, and I know if I don't finish my application soon, September 1 (the due date) will creep up VERY quickly! So I just decided, it's a very do-able goal to have my application completely completed by next Sunday!
Please pray that I get the application finished and that if it's God's Will, the team leaders will find that I should be placed on the team!
Love you all!!
:)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Beginnings
Some background info!
(disclaimer: this may be pretty long!)
For a little over 2 years, I have been attending Newport Mesa Church. Aside from just regularly attending, I have been involved in helping start up a college group, I've been in the choir, I've helped out in the children's ministry, I've played in a church softball league, and I help work the Welcome Center. Now, I know that's a lot but I love it all! One thing I have yet to do though with my church is go on a mission's trip. I've gone on mission trips before, and a lot of you probably know that most recently, I've spent a summer in Hampton Beach, NH.
When I first started at NMC my pastor Rick, told me how I had to go with Africa with him and the church. When he first told me that I honestly thought he was insane. I later found out that they were going to go to Ethopia soon. I was really interested in the trip and I went to the info meeting and all that jazz, but in the end, I felt it wasn't in God's timing for me to go. So I pushed the thought aside for awhile because I knew if God wanted me to go to Africa, He would present me with an opportunity to go.
A couple of months ago they announced in church 2 trips coming up. One of them is Tanzania. The more I toyed with the idea, the more I decided that this was the time for me to go. I mentioned it to my college pastor, Michael and he said that he wanted to go on the trip too. Then one of my really good friends Michelle said she really wanted to go on the trip too! This just made me more and more excited! So I prayed a lot about it and I felt God was really telling me that this was the trip He wanted me to go on. So I went to the information meeting, I heard the details, I remained calm through the knowledge of the shots I'd have to get and the money I'd have to raise, and in the end? Well I'm more excited than ever.
Even though the trip is not until May, I'm starting to write this now because I am preparing for the trip now. There's a long process, and I thought it would be good to keep it documented. My first step is filling out the application. It's a really long application that I'm not exactly enjoying but I know I'll appreciate the trip much more once I finish it and turn it in. Right now I also have just finished making a long list of people who I feel would want to potentially support me. I already did this because when I need to start raising support it will be in the middle of my semester and I don't know if I'll have the time to name storm, so I just did it now while I have time. The next step in the process, once I finish my application, will be the interview. I will have to have an interview with the team leaders and then they will decide if I join their team or not. So in theory, this can be a short-lived blog because I could be wrong in thinking this is the trip for me. However, I honestly don't believe I'm wrong and so if it's God's Will I will make the team!
So that's where I'm at right now. I will try to keep you all updated! Please keep me in your prayers as I go through this whole process of simply making it on the team and then from there, please pray for the team who gets to go to Tanzania and that all the funds will come in!
I love you all so very much!
(disclaimer: this may be pretty long!)
For a little over 2 years, I have been attending Newport Mesa Church. Aside from just regularly attending, I have been involved in helping start up a college group, I've been in the choir, I've helped out in the children's ministry, I've played in a church softball league, and I help work the Welcome Center. Now, I know that's a lot but I love it all! One thing I have yet to do though with my church is go on a mission's trip. I've gone on mission trips before, and a lot of you probably know that most recently, I've spent a summer in Hampton Beach, NH.
When I first started at NMC my pastor Rick, told me how I had to go with Africa with him and the church. When he first told me that I honestly thought he was insane. I later found out that they were going to go to Ethopia soon. I was really interested in the trip and I went to the info meeting and all that jazz, but in the end, I felt it wasn't in God's timing for me to go. So I pushed the thought aside for awhile because I knew if God wanted me to go to Africa, He would present me with an opportunity to go.
A couple of months ago they announced in church 2 trips coming up. One of them is Tanzania. The more I toyed with the idea, the more I decided that this was the time for me to go. I mentioned it to my college pastor, Michael and he said that he wanted to go on the trip too. Then one of my really good friends Michelle said she really wanted to go on the trip too! This just made me more and more excited! So I prayed a lot about it and I felt God was really telling me that this was the trip He wanted me to go on. So I went to the information meeting, I heard the details, I remained calm through the knowledge of the shots I'd have to get and the money I'd have to raise, and in the end? Well I'm more excited than ever.
Even though the trip is not until May, I'm starting to write this now because I am preparing for the trip now. There's a long process, and I thought it would be good to keep it documented. My first step is filling out the application. It's a really long application that I'm not exactly enjoying but I know I'll appreciate the trip much more once I finish it and turn it in. Right now I also have just finished making a long list of people who I feel would want to potentially support me. I already did this because when I need to start raising support it will be in the middle of my semester and I don't know if I'll have the time to name storm, so I just did it now while I have time. The next step in the process, once I finish my application, will be the interview. I will have to have an interview with the team leaders and then they will decide if I join their team or not. So in theory, this can be a short-lived blog because I could be wrong in thinking this is the trip for me. However, I honestly don't believe I'm wrong and so if it's God's Will I will make the team!
So that's where I'm at right now. I will try to keep you all updated! Please keep me in your prayers as I go through this whole process of simply making it on the team and then from there, please pray for the team who gets to go to Tanzania and that all the funds will come in!
I love you all so very much!
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