Stranger Danger!

Well something pretty exciting has happened.. I am now facebook friends with all the members of my team! I mean normally my mom is against my friending people that I haven't actually met before but she seems pretty okay with this. I guess I have to be careful what I say about them because now they can see this.. We have had some "get to know you" questions that people have posted answers to so we can kind of get to know each other. It's crazy thinking that I'm going to become super close personal BFFs with these people for 6 months! One thing I did notice was everybody is from up north except for this kid!! Like do they even know what sweet tea is? I'm going to have to educate them otherwise.

And as you might now, part of the reason for me taking this trip is because I had no idea what I wanted to do as far as major. So my mom and I were thinking about it a couple weeks ago and talking about what classes have I liked or not liked and why and other things I am interested in. She's decided that she thinks pharmacy is the right answer which one of my friends has also been saying that for awhile. So I am going to shadow a pharmacist in a couple weeks to see if it's something I could see myself doing! It would be something I could totally do on the mission field which I love and I would get to help a lot of people!

And in other completely random news, my roommate was looking at job opportunities and saw that Red Robin is apparently coming to Tallahassee!! It's my favorite restaurant so I'm actually pretty pumped about this and yes it is a big deal.

Day Count: 84 days until I leave!!

Change of Plans

Well first of all, plans have kind of changed for my mission trip. I was on the phone with one of the organizers of our trip and she said that Experience Mission had decided to change our last stop from Costa Rica to Belize! I mean I was very excited about Costa Rica because I had actually been there before but it's kinda too like to back out now. Plus now I get to add another country to my list. (In case you were curious, after this trip I will have been to 14 countries!) But I did join a facebook group with my other team members. I haven't actually talked to any of my future friends yet but it's only been a couple days. I got time!

Also, the other day I informally informed work that I was leaving. I had really been avoiding it because I am not the biggest fan of confrontation but it actually went better than I expecting. It's nice having managers that can be so excited and understanding about me participating on a 6 month mission trip. They said they would miss me of course. I mean who isn't going to. Hopefully they will let me come back when I return because I do actually kind of like it there.

On a more deep and spiritual note, recently I have felt very challenged to really focus on my relationship with God. My biggest fear would be feeling inadequate to answer questions people may ask me on my mission trip. Yes, I know we will never have all the answers but I want to make sure I am ready for God to use me whenever. It's not only helping me feel prepared for my future but I've been having less and less doubts about my trip. Funny how that happens!

Days left: 93! It's getting closer!!!