EXCITEMENT~!

It is almost here!!!

Bags are packed, car is loaded, time for a wonderful drive to Dallas with my mom and an amazing learning weekend with my fellow interns! I am so excited for this opportunity and I thank everyone who has given financially, prayed for me and this experience, and those 17 prayer warriors who are AMAZING and have committed to praying for our team this summer!

This past week our leadership team went ahead of us to get everything ready for the interns this summer! Guess what! 4 people have already accepted Jesus Christ!!! How amazing is that :) This excites me so much. It is not about the numbers, it is about planting that seed in these Japanese lives and allowing the Father to do his amazing work in these people's lives! God has already started investing in lives that were shared to just last summer, proof - 4 people! Last summer the seed was planted in their lives :) How amazing :)

So I am a little worried about my bag weight :) You get one carry on and one bag! I am thankful I am not a real girly girl because there is NO WAY I would have been able to manage one bag! But, I am good and have my one bag, now just have to worry about the weight :) FYI: At wally world they have these amazing bags that you vacuum the air out of and make it easier to pack... THEY WORK!!!

In my last post I talked about Satan and how he is trying to win... Well he is fighting again so I want to share this with those of you reading. I lost both my grandmothers when I was in high school. My mom's step dad who I knew to be my grandfather passed away in October of last year... So I have only one grandparent remaining and that is my Dad's father. I have been shaken with the fact that if he is to pass away this summer, there is no way for me to get home for his funeral. This scares me and I know it is Satan, but please pray for this for me. I need a sense of peace about this and it is very hard. I am slowly releasing this and not allowing Satan to win this battle, but I need some prayer.

ON A HAPPY NOTE...IT IS SHOW TIME!!!
My bags are packed and I am off to Dallas.
Please say a special prayer at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday this is when our
team will fly off to Tokyo, Japan to do amazing work for our amazing God!
I will post again IN Japan!

JOHN 3:30

Satan can not bring me down!

Well Satan is at work that is for sure!

BUT awesome thing is, he will not get me down :)

I mentioned my debit/credit card fraud in my last post... Well I just found out last week that about $250 has been taken from my account from 2 companies! A magazine company and a video company! I spent hours calling these companies to stop charges and then gave up! I realized I don't need to get worked up over this... It is Satan trying to bring me down and he WILL NOT WIN!

So I have spoke with Bank of America and they think I have two fraud cases that can be taken care of. So it was great news to hear that :) I will call them again today to try to get this taken care of BEFORE Japan! I am thankful BOA has worked with me so far in dealing with this. I ask for your prayers that while I am gone in Japan these 2 companies will not continue to charge my account!!!

Satan - 0
He loses :)

May update :)

FYI: I am PACKED and ready to go :)

Well it is Wednesday and I leave for Dallas with my mom on Friday! I am super excited and can not wait for this weekend and the start of an amazing summer in Japan. :)

Some updates in May...
-Finals stressed me out of course, BUT I did not let them consume me like I have in the past! I did great and was happy with finishing my first semester at WBU!
-I came home with great grades for this semester and was extremely happy about that!
-I received a $400 scholarship for next semester! Anything helps pay for school when you go to a private university!!! :)
-I got to see me aunt from CALI!!! and spend time with her and family members while she was down :)
-I have a friend getting married on August 8th and I will return from Japan on the 6th and be able to make her wedding! How exciting :)
-I have 17 prayer warriors for this summer and am so BLESSED to have people committing to pray for my team and I throughout the whole summer! THANK YOU!!!
-My home church held a commissioning ceremony for me and I was truly blessed by the support within my church and from my family.
-My mom will get to take part in my commissioning with my team in Dallas before I head off!
-I have enjoyed being home and seeing high school friends and my family :)

Prayer requests
-Unexpected money is needed for Japan...
-My debit/credit card has fraud on it! I will share more about this later...