and i'm off!!!

i guess this will be my last post before i leave for bangladesh. i cannot believe it! the day has finally arrived!!! i leave waterloo tmr for a conference. i have my training and orientation in toronto and then i'm off!!! ahhhh craaaajeee!!!! but i'm excited! i am super nervous but i am excited for what God has in store for my team and i! i'm praying to be broken and to love the people there like Jesus loves us and to be able to be intentional with building relationships. i have no idea what to expect...the culture, language, environment and people are going to be all so different and i pray that i can be open and be able to adapt to all the differences. AH! hahahah i can't believe i'm leaving so soon!

OH! I'm FULLY FUNDRAISED!!!!!! O_O God is amaaaazing! I cannot beliebbb! hahaha it's just amazing how faithful God is. Last week we had a bit of a scare because our team was only 40% fundraised but today we are 80%!!! God is sooooo gracious and abundant and it amazes me how faithful he is when we are. I'm praying to be able to lean on him through all the difficulties in this trip and to not lose a sense of purpose and why i'm going. I'm going because God loves me even when i don't deserve it. even when i'm unworthy and a failure, ashamed or embarassed, God wants to pick me up. He loves me even through all that. I want to share that with those who don't know him yet, that our God is SO full of love and it doesn't matter that we are unworthy because Jesus already died and took all of it away. All of our crap is gonee! :) and we are free in HIM! :D

i'm excited to go and so nervous. Please keep me in your prayers! That God can use me to reach out to those who don't know him and that i can be a channel to knowing this amazing love. Pray that i can be strong and bold in my faith, to not be shaken by what satan might throw in our paths but to trust fully in God.

I wanna say a BIG BIG BIG thank you to you! because of all of your support whether financially or prayerfully, nothing would be possible without your heart in this trip as well. so thank you thankyouu!!!

i hope to be able to meet with each of you to share about my trip for the next month when i come back!!!

muchos love! :)