Oh the Place's You'll Go...

So I feel really bad for not being able to blog, but every time I think of it, I'm away from a computer. This past month has been amazing for me. On June 22, I graduated from Woodstown High School. Graduation is a great feeling, but waking up the next morning realizing that you have one month til you leave is a little daunting. Let me just say this whole experience has gone faster than any of us in the group would have imagined. Things have changed since the last time I blogged. The last time I blogged, we had nine people going on the trip. Now we have seven. Due to medical and family issues, both Ralph and Adrienne will not be going to Senegal with us. It is very heartbreaking for all of us. They got this far and then had to pull out because of things past their control. They will be missed very much.

It is pretty daunting how fast this new adventure is coming. By my latest count-down via Facebook, it is down to 24 days. Wow. That is a little more than 3 weeks. We are done medical-wise. Which means NO MORE SHOTS! Barbara and I hate shots, so that is a big blessing! I am basically ready clothing-wise for Senegal. I have gotten pretty attached to my skirts I got. I love them. They are so comfortable, stylish, and much modest compared to the latest fashion of mini-skirts. Long skirts are starting to come back into fashion around here, which is good, but despite that I'd still wear them. In addition to the mission work we will be doing, I am looking forward to their culture. I'm little bit of a culture geek, I love this stuff. I can't wait to buy and wear traditional dress, have their traditional meals. I warned the praise band that I WILL be wearing traditional Senegalese dress the first Sunday back. 

This whole mission trip makes me think of one of my favorite hymns, "Here I Am, Lord":

Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.