So it looks like I am leaving Friday!!

 Thanks to everyone who has already joined my support team! I currently have 43 people joining me in my ministry in Germany and many more on my Prayer team. How amazing is that?!? I think it's pretty great!

Because I am so close to my goal, and assuming that my contact at OM approves. We are going to do a little trickery so that I can book my flight Monday and leave for Germany on FRIDAY! Yes, this Friday. That is only 5 days away Yay!!! I am so excited!

Since I have more than half of my support physically coming in, the rest of the support just needs to be in commitments meaning they don't actually have to see it coming in to release me. So my Mom is going to "commit" to support me the rest of my budget so I can be released to the mission field! In the mean time, I will continue to invite people to join my support team!

I am at about 75% of my minimal budget for Germany, meaning I need just 12 more people to join my team at 50$ a month to have that budget fulfilled! It would be so amazing if I could walk on that plane on Friday knowing that I had all of my support raised.

The flight I am looking to book leaves BWI at 5:15pm, I'll have a quick plane change in NC and then I will be on my way to Frankfurt, arriving around 11am Saturday morning. Leaving on a Friday works out well for everyone. Giving me Saturday to jet lag and then Sunday to explore the city, before Starting Germany classes on Monday. The classes actually start Tomorrow, so I am already missing a week of classes. Because I am going to be missing another week, the last week in October for fall break with the family in ENGLAND, it doesn't make sense to keep pushing back my leaving date, missing more days of school.

 I think it's finally starting to hit me and my parents that this trip is a reality. That I am actually going to be getting on a plane and leaving the country for 10 months. I am so excited for the experience and for all of the things that God is going to teach me along the way, seeing as he has already taught me so much. Though the excitement doesn't make the goodbyes any easier.

I have so much to do this last week, including but not limited to: Packing (I still need to find suitcases), seeing friends/family, deciding where I want to apply to Grad school, starting applications, getting stuff for my recommendation letters together, and buying a few last minute things.
But hey! I love to be busy!

If you have not joined my support team yet and would like to do so you can go to https://www.omusa.org/automated-giving to set up a monthly donation (account number: 1000330485) or go to https://my.omusa.org/OM-Missionary-Search to set up a one-time donation. Reminder that all donations are tax-deductible and any amount helps! Also please let me know if you send one in!