Welcome to the blog! I will be updating regularly throughout my year in South Africa with stories, pictures, and nuggets of wisdom learned along the way. Thanks for joining on the journey!
The countdown's begun with six weeks left in the states which translates to lots of fundraising and lots of shots. So far, tetanus has proved easiest followed by hepatitis A. Hepatitis B on the other hand, talk about dead arm.
Hopefully I pulled it off a little more suavely than this kid:
Next comes some liquid Typhoid pills for a week and daily malaria pills before/during/after I leave. Add in a suitcase and I'm ready to go! Bring it on viruses, I'm ready for you.
Fundraising is also in full swing with letters going out this week and my spaghetti dinner July 14th. Believe me, I'm fully aware of the irony in hosting a spaghetti dinner for a South Africa fundraiser dinner. Tune in a year from now and then I'll cook you a traditional dinner (aka from the right continent at least). To those of you joining in from the link in my letter, welcome! I hope you'll enjoy this blog and tune in for updates on what God is doing in my life and around the world.
August 15th is the ship out date. First will be a week in Chicago for orientation and then I'm off! So far, it's unreal. But I'm still incredibly excited and know that the next year will be one of immense change.
The journey is only beginning. Thanks for tuning in and catch ya later!
