update.

a breakdown of what i need to raise:
i've had to convert everything from euros, hence the random numbers.

flight -- $1100
application fee -- $78.95
lecture/dts phase -- $2447.37
min outreach during lecture/dts phase -- $197.37
outreach phase -- $1973.68 - $2631.58 (depending on which country i'm sent to)
shots, small supplies, train ticket, etc -- about $500

a grand total of
$6955.27ish

i've raised
$4229.52

i can't thank everybody enough for donating..
my heart is completely filled with joy and gratitude. 

through this whole process, the one thing i've been trying not to worry about is finances. i just keep thinking to myself  'God brought this onto my heart over a year ago and made everything happen this far, He will not stop now. the money will come
        the money will come
        the money will come'


over and over i would say this to myself. when others asked how much i still had yet to raise, i would say to them, "alot, but the money will come. God will provide, i know it."

well just yesterday, i was feeling maybe a little less sure about the money coming. everything had slowed down, and i've only recieved back about ten of the eighty support letters i sent out months ago. 


i sat there (in the Critter Cottage, yes!) and just prayed, 'God please let the money come, please please let me know the money will come'. 

i kid you not, within the next few hours, i received $400 from the most unexpected of donors. i literally did the whole 'hand-fly-over-the-mouth-big-gasp-and-stare' deal. 


as i was driving home, thinking about what just happened, i couldn't help but laugh. alot. because really, it just goes to show you that God has a sense of humor. how He brought such a random donation, at that time. good one, God. You got me. 


by the end of the day, i had received another humbling donation of $500. 
i'm overwhelmed with confidence the money will come, and in awe of the generosity that is around me.

i'm feeling the love.