Hey everyone!! New Announcements that I have to share with you all!
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT/UPDATE: For those who didn’t know, I am in New Jersey until the end of the summer on Active Duty Army orders. Since getting out in 2014, I have been in Reserves and kind of all over the place. When I made Sergeant, the Army placed me in a unit in NJ (I know super close to home right…NOT).
But…I love the unit that I am in and it has given me new opportunities. For one, They brought me on orders and now I am able to serve on Active Duty for a couple months which makes me happy. I have missed this life and feel motivated to get things done.
Many of you know that I am a busy lady and the past couple months its been insane to say the least. I feel like I lived at the airport and friends and family could not keep up to where I was going next. Since being here, I have been able to slow things down and breathe for a minute.
I have been able to go home after work and do nothing if I wanted to. Last weekend was the first weekend in what it feels like a lifetime where I didn’t have set plans.
I have been able to workout regularly, read, dive deeper into my faith, spend time with God (reading, devotions, journaling, praying, listening to music), and even binge watch TV shows on Netflix which I never have time to do or usually feel super guilty.
Because I didn’t already have my weekend mapped out like I usually do, I was able to have a super awesome #soloadventure weekend. I went to the beach when I wanted and spent hours there listening to music and reading my new book “Girl Wash Your Face.” I stopped by a pier with live music and had dinner by myself as I watched the sunset. This morning I drove to Philly (an hour away) to attend church which was amazing! Then I decided to just hangout in the city, site see and have lunch on the water by myself. I wasn’t rushed or had anywhere to be so I could JUST GO!
I am writing about this part just because I never have these opportunities and it’s what sets a fire in my soul. I am always so so so busy where I don’t even give myself space for spontaneous adventures and now I finally can.
To say the least, I think this summer being in NJ (even though I am away from family and friends) will be good for me. Good to build myself up and good for the soul.
SECOND BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
When I got accepted to The World Race I was originally leaving in October. Because of this military opportunity and life itself, I will now be leaving on the JANUARY ROUTE. Same mission, same funds just different countries and a different launch date. Which Means…TRAINING CAMP (Oct 16) is only 99 DAYS AWAY and WORLD RACE LAUNCH (January 3) is only 178 DAYS AWAY! Time is flying by!
I also attached a picture of the countries I will be going to but here they are: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, India, Nepal, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Romania and Ukraine.
I am so so so excited to spend time in these countries and feel extremely called and passionate about them. Look out for future blogs about each country. Please pray for me, my team and the people in these countries that we will be spending our time with.
THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT:
Because I am in New Jersey for a couple months and still have a couple thousand of dollars to raise to meet my fundraising goal, I will be doing a fundraiser via social media. It is called “Buy A Box” Fundraiser. Here’s how it works…
I will periodically post a picture of this box chart I made below to show what numbers had been taken and what is still left:
Pick a number and that is equivalent to the value you donate. For example: box 72=$72. You will post below the number or numbers you claim so I can cross it off. You can donate by sending to my venmo account @kristen-haley-1, paypal @ www.paypal.me/KristenHaley or directly to my world race page kristenhaley.theworldrace.org. (Just Add a comment so I know what it was for).
Once you donate, you will be entered into a raffle to win $150!
The crazy thing is…Once this board is all crossed off and claimed-it equals over $5,000.
My goal is to be fully funded by my Training Camp date which is October 16. I believe this can happen with your help. LETS DO THIS <3
So many of you have already done so much and donated to my mission. I cannot thank you enough for supporting me, encouraging me, believing in me and loving me through all of this.
Because of my amazing community, I am over $11,000 funded (just have to update it on my missions page). But how crazy is that!!
Thank you all for your endless love and support and thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Have a wonderful day and be kind to others J
Love,
Kristen
