As of a few hours ago I was told that my passport arrived at my old house in the cities. I had to send it to Zambia to get a visa so that I may go in and out of the country as needed. Brian, EOH coordinator, had sent it off to me last Wednesday and I hadn't heard from the girls at the house until today! But no worries...God got it there safely and I will pick it up this Friday when I head out to the cities for Hillary's volleyball game!
The hour is almost here, when I will take off from life as I have known it and enter into an entirely different world. As that time approches I have become more concerned about things, with that said I would like to ask you to pray for these few things:

*My Grandpa Slagters health
*My sister, Lindsey's baby that is on the way
*Flight safty on the 2nd (Minneapolis-Dallas) and 4th(Dallas-Zambia)
*That the Lord prepares both Anna and I for what we will encounter
*The Lord prepares the Orphan's and others that we come into contact with

Thanks SO much for your prayers!!

One more month!

One more month and I will be:

jumping up and down in excitment

freaking out

flying internationally

eating new foods

speaking words I never knew existed

learning a new culture

the Lords hands, heart and feet

loving little orphan's

living out my dream

trusting in the Lord to direct me more than ever

In one month I will be jumping, freaking, flying, eating, speaking, learning, being, loving, living and above all trusting! In one month I will be in AFRICA! Now these are my predictions as to what I will be doing; I obviously can't tell the future, but knowing myself this will be a lot of what I will be doing!

Currently, I have recieved all the support I needed for the trip! Thank you all so incredibly much for helping me out! I know that many of you wish you were me and because of that I am going to try to keep you all updated as to the who, what, when and where of the trip. I will be updating this as much as needed or wanted! I will be taking off for Texas training on September 2nd from the Cities.

SIDENOTE: As some of you know and are probably thinking this is 5 days before Hillary's (my younger sister) birthday. I don't know what I was thinking when I planned the departure date...HOPEFULLY she will forgive me!

Then after some training at the base in Frisco, I will take off for Africa on the 4th! After that I really don't know the rest of the schedule, when I get there I will tell you more!

Thanks again for your prayers!