Good morning everyone! Welcome to a brand new day authored by our Creator!
I am finally getting around to sharing something that I am incredibly stoked about. For those of you who may not know, when I leave in January, I have the privilege/challenge/unique opportunity to live out of a backpack for 11 months. Yep, a backpack. Mine’s purple, which gets me real excited. And I have to fill that backpack with a lot of gear that I do not currently own (i.e. a tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad – my bed for the next year – travel adapters, headlamp, special quick-dry towels, etc.).
On top of raising about $16,500 to go on the World Race, I somehow have to acquire all of this gear. And in order to make sure it lasts, I need some good-quality stuff, which means it will be more expensive.
Why am I bothering to blog about this? I have created a My Registry wish list – http://www.myregistry.com/wishlist/Ashley-Auch-Bainbridge-PA/891378 – where I have started listing many of the items that I need to buy. I have researched these, so everything on this list is exactly what I am looking for. Buying one of my gear items is a new way that you can support this kingdom journey God is sending me on! And you know what’s really cool? Every time I crawl into my sleeping bag, or use my day pack, I will think of you! I guess it’s a way for you to come with me on my trip!
The instructions are on my Wish List page if you would like to go ahead and at least check out what I need! One last side note – I will actually be needing pretty much everything that is on the list by October 15th, when I go to Training Camp. This will enable me to actually try out the gear to make sure it will work once I leave and there is no turning back!
That’s all for now folks! Thank you for reading this post, for supporting me wholeheartedly, and for coming on this journey with me. 🙂
Love, Ash
