Oh my goodness!! The official countdown only has 6 days left in it. This means that in 6 days I will be boarding a plane for Washington, DC for some moe trainig and will then be flying off to Kenya, Africa. I am still kind of in shock, like it is some sort of dream. I almost feel like I am not really going. I still have a lot to do in only 6 days…I have some financial ends I need to tie up and I need to move out of my apartment to name a couple. I guess I am waiting until last minute like I normally do but I think this time it is more because it doesn’t feel like it is a reality. It is hard to fathom what being gone for 11 months is going to feel like. It seems like a long time but really its not. I really dont think that it will hit me that I will be gone for so long until about month 3 due to the fact that I have been gone for a month and a half at a time before. I sit and think a lot of what the race is going to look like but end up coming to the conclusion that its probably going to be better than I can imagine and so much different. I know I have put on a whole tough girl face for this trip just saying how exciting it is going to be and how much I cant wait to go. The reality is that I am scared to death to go on this trip. The World Race is 11 months of the unknown. I am going to become close family with complete strangers. I am going to encounter things that I thought I could only dream of encountering. I am going to be sleeping in places that I know I wont care for at all as well as eating things that I dont care for. I am going to be placed in uncomfortable situations and maybe even harmful situations. I am going to come face to face with disease and I am going to have to use the bathroom in a whole in the ground. I am going to see miracles happen before my very own eyes. This is a lot to take in and try to imagine. A lot of you must think that I am crazy for stopping my whole life and going to 11 countries in 11 months. After reading what I wrote above I would even say I am crazy HAHA! I would like to add that I am crazy for Jesus!! I would like to take some time out of this blog to remind all of you why I am taking 11 months out of my life to go on this race. I have this unique opportunity to go to 11 countries in 11 months to live, work and share with the nations. yes it is going to be amazing to see the world but that is not the reason for this mission trip. The reason for this trip is Jesus Christ and the love that He has for this world. Knowing that Jesus Christ came to this earth was beaten, died and raised from the dead because of His great unconditional love for me has changed my life. There is such a large percentage of this world that doesn’t know the love that God has for them. I am going to be part of showing the world Gods love and share with them what Jesus has done for them. What a rare amazing opportunity. My prayer is that I would not waste a single opportunity that God gives me on this trip and I would take advantage of every single one that is given to me. I also would like to take some time to thank all of my supporters who have been praying and who have given financially. I could not do this without you. Because of your prayers and financial support I am very close to being fully funded for this trip!! I have close to $10,500 raised which leaves me with about $4300.00 still left to go. I am so thankful to my supporters and only hope that I can do a good job about sharing my experience with you because I want you to feel like you are right here with me. Please prayerfully consider making a donation to help me get to the nations. You can make an online donation by clicking the support me link to the left of the screen. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to follow me on this adventure I can guarantee that this is going to be a bumpy ride!! Love
Jaime
