Sunday, February 21, 2010

"Spread The Word"

I have been thinking a great deal about how I'm going to earn/raise the money for this trip. I asked for some advice on what I could make/bake to earn some money. A few of my good friends suggested different kinds of bread. I make a really good English Muffin Bread and I whip up a chocolate/cinnamon butter spread that goes with it and it's very popular around here. I decided that I could make up a few loaves a week and sell them for a donation. The first batch is out of the oven!

I'm calling my bake sale "Spread The Word!" I'm going to Tanzania!

David is going to take a few loaves to work to see how he can do with them there. I have a few friends at church who are also interested in a few loaves. I think this is really going to work and work very well.

I am going to be doing a lot of baking!

Monday, February 8, 2010

BIG NEWS!!!

I am going to go to Tanzania to meet one of my sponsored children!

I heard about the upcoming Compassion International Advocate Tour last summer and wanted to go immediately. I worried about all of the details and thought it just couldn't happen. When the itinerary came out, my husband suggested we use some Frequent Flier Miles that were essentially unusable for anything else. I looked into it and was pleasantly surprised that it would work! But there was a small problem of fronting the deposit on such short notice.

I prayed about it and talked it over with David and we started plotting about how we could put the money together quickly. This past Saturday, I told my small group at church about it and they offered it up as a prayer request. On Sunday morning just before church, my hometeam leader approached me to tell me that the hometeam had come together to cover my deposit!

I was so touched and blessed. I burst into tears!

I will be traveling to Tanzania on July 17th and staying for 10 days. I still have some financial details to work out and would like prayers for that. But the hard part - taking the leap, deciding to go and letting God handle the details is done!

I will be meeting our sponsored child, Sara Reuben Kelele. She is 17 years old is wonderful young lady.