2012 Trip :)

Hey everyone! I would like to thank everyone who helped fund my trip! Everything helped, and it means so much to me to have so much support! 

I leave tomorrow at 6 in the morning. My brother and my mom will be with me for the first week, and I'm so excited to show them why I love El Salvador so much. 

This trip is going to be a lot different for me. If you read my blog posts from last year you will read about The Promise House and The Hope House, two half homes I've worked in the past three years that were shut down. This means I probably won't see any of the girls or kids I've spent the past three trips with. 

I will be spending every day in one of the orphanages. Last year I spent the mornings with older girls who are at CIPI for many different reasons, and then I would spend the afternoons with the younger kids. My mom found my favorite book (Redeeming Love) in Spanish, so I'm thinking about reading that to the girls. For those of you who haven't read the book, it's the story of Hosea in an actual story form. In the book, Michael falls in love with a girl who was sold into prostitution as a child. She is closed off and he has to fight for her, but no matter how many times she runs away, he goes after her. It's such a heart breaking story at times, but it is also a great reminder that God has a plan for everyone. 

I'm so excited to finally be there. Sometimes I get caught up in all of the stupid high school drama here. Being in El Salvador is such a good reminder of what God has called me to do, and what is really important to me. 

Please keep my mom, Micaiah and I in your prayers tomorrow as we travel down there!