Two Days Left!

Recently I got the news that my launch goal has been reached in full! Praise God and thank-you so much to all of you who have made this dream come true! The last few days have been a blur of activity ever since I found out my departure date was only five days away. I am excited to be leaving, while at the same time a little intimidated about the unknowns. Thankfully, I have, as do all of us, a Best Friend that is flying with me on Tuesday!
I just wanted to praise God for a couple of the things He has been doing for me while preparing to leave. This last Thursday my mom and I went to the local health department to ask about getting the typhoid vaccine. I had not gotten it yet even at this late hour - just like the procrastinator I can tend to be! Anyway, the lady went to see if they even had the vaccine. When she came back she announced, "We have one left." Wow! I can just imagine God telling His angels to save that one just for me.
Another instance I saw God working for me was with my camera. It had not been working properly and sometimes wouldn't even turn on. I was pretty sure the battery was done for so I went to the Radioshack in Bluefield, a town nearby to ask about it. The man said it could be the battery or it could be the camera itself. He didn't carry the battery I needed to test it anyway and would have to order it. I did not have time for that so I asked him if there were any other Radioshacks in the area. There were, but he said they probably didn't carry the battery either. I left the store not knowing what to do. I really needed a camera with me so that I could take pictures of my mission experience to update people with and supply AFM with photos as well.
That afternoon I went to the Radioshack in the other town near our home. The lady there checked to see if she had the battery I needed and she did! She told me it cost $40 and that she had a camera that cost the same price. "It's probably just a cheap one," I thought but I asked to see it anyway. It turned out to be just the same specs as my old camera, just a Canon instead of a Kodak. The camera had been marked down again and again until the saleslady told me, "Even I bought one of them because I couldn't resist the deal. And this was our last one." Instantly my mind flew back to the typhoid vaccine and those same words I had heard just a day before. It really seemed to me that God had saved that camera for me just as He had saved the vaccine. I drove home that evening tired after a long day, but so thankful for my God who cares about even the "small" things in life.

Be watching for more updates as I launch into the field. I'm sure they will be few and far between since I have to dictate them to my parents over the phone. But none-the-less, I hope to keep in touch at least in this small way while I am gone. Please pray for safe travels on the 10th as there will be a group of us flying out on that day. God bless!