Hello everyone!
Long time no see, I know :/ In the midst of the craziness of summer, work, and fundraising, I have accidentally neglected my blog. But fear not, I am here now and I have updates!
First things first, I am officially over halfway to being fully funded! In fact, I am only $8,000 away. THANK YOU JESUS! He has blessed me with so many amazing people who are so willing to support me and it’s so overwhelmingly wonderful :,) To the amazing person that anonymously donated $1,000 to me: I want you to know that you were the answer to my prayers, and I cannot thank you enough. I cried happy tears the day I saw that donation, and I know Jesus was smiling too 🙂 Whoever you are, I truly appreciate you!
Secondly, I am in full fledged preparation mode. Training camp is in 1 MONTH (how??) and I have just about all my gear already! I have been reading endless blogs and watching countless YouTube videos on how to pack everything and I like to think I know what I’m doing, but I know when the time comes to actually pack everything, it’ll take me at least 10 tries and 2 mental breakdowns. But hey, on the plus side, I get to do it every single month, so I’ll be a pro at it by at least month 11 😉
Lastly, I’d like to share some things that have been on my mind and in my heart lately. I’m not going to lie, I was struggling last month. A lot. Not only did I let fear into my thoughts, but I let it take over. I convinced myself that I was going to be replaced while I was gone for a year; that people would just move on and forget about me. I began to focus on all of the negatives of leaving home instead of all the positives of this incredible life that the Lord is calling me into. I have been doing much better this month, though I have some difficult days once in a while (which is normal, I know). I find that the best way to overcome those fearful thoughts is to just pray and cast all of them on the Lord and trust that He will take them away and remind me of who I am and what He has in store for me. Also, I am so so SO excited to meet all of my squadmates soon! I can’t wait to see all the cool things that God will use us for.
Well, I think that’s it for today, folks. We are down to just 11 weeks and 2 days until launch; the countdown is ON. Hopefully I’ll be back soon with another blog, and not 3 months later…oops. Anyways, thank you for reading 🙂
All my love,
Hannah
