My students!

I just learned the names of the students of my class!
Kevin, Julio, and Elli! Please pray for them!

Wow!

Well, all I have to say really is that God is pretty amazing! I currently have 112% of my support raised/pledged. Just 2 weeks ago, I was talking with they guy in charge of missions stuff at my church in Fort Worth about what else i needed to do besides send out letters about my trip because I only had about 25% of what i needed. And what have I done?? Pray. That's it. This has been a totally humbling and amazing blessing! In case you were wondering what happens with the extra money...it still goes into my account in case something happens like people that pledged to give money forget or aren't able to for some reason for a month or two, or an unexpected expense comes up. They said they like for us to have at least 2 months worth of money in "reserve" in our account just in case. So, that's it! Thanks so much to all of you have partnered with me financially and through prayer!

Here are some prayer requests:
1. Pray that I find a good deal on plane tickets.
2. Pray that my passport comes in when it's supposed to (by mid-June).
3. Pray for me as I start to say goodbye to friends and family. Right now, it's what I'm the most worried about, but it was helped by the fact that I learned today that I may be coming back for a weekend in September because of visa renewal requirements...but that means I need to find more plane tickets (hence #1).

Support update

Now that graduation is over, I have time to work on things some more. In case you were wondering how the whole support/commitment form thing works, I'll let you know. My letter says that you can mail in the commitment form directly to WGO. Every 2 weeks, they send me copies of the forms that come in and at the end of the month, they send me a printout of what online donations were made as well as the total amount that I have so far. I keep my own database as well that tells me the total amount I have raised/pledged, the percent of the total, and the amount I still need. The last update I received from WGO was on May 8th. After adding those commitment forms to my database, I have a total of $7350 which is 43.75% of the total needed. God has provided in a great way so far, but more is still needed. I still need about $9450. Please prayerfully consider partnering with me in sharing God's love with these kids! Thanks so much to those of you who already have! You are such a blessing and encouragement!

I will try to let y'all know how everything is going every couple of weeks when I receive the commitment forms from WGO.

Also, if you live in the DFW area and would like to save a stamp. I'd be glad to stop by and pick up your check and commitment form and mail them in for you...or if I see you at church you can give it to me then, too.

Please continue to pray for me as I'm making preparations for my trip! There is a lot to get figured out and about 10 weeks left before I need to leave.

Thanks and God bless!