My Last Week in Valdosta

My last week in Valdosta has been a very busy one. The beginning of the week I did work but the latter half of it was spent getting everything ready for leaving. Until this week I didn't know if I was going to get all of my support for the trip. I was praying about it and many people at MTW were as well, but not knowing is a little scary. The Pregnancy Support Clinic that I have been volunteering at met and decided to support my trip with $1,000!! That really was the highlight of this week.

My least favorite part was getting a recommended Typhoid shot, which by the way hurts about as much as a Tetanus shot for those of you who have had one. My last day at the Pregnancy Clinic, which was Thursday, was a busy day because I had to pick up the portable ultrasound machine the PSC is gifting the clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador, "Fundación Lluvia de Gracia", or Showers of Grace Foundation. It was kind of a last minute decision but when I asked the director of the clinic in Guayaquil she said it would be a huge blessing to have the machine. The whole week has been full of emailing back and forth with MTW and the clinic in Ecuador and getting everything ready for being there for 2 months!! That's a long time.

Friday afternoon my brother and sister-in-law came into town and were able to hang out for a little while. I got a phone call from a family member and found out that my aunt whom I knew had cancer is fatally ill and may not make it through the end of the month. So we went to see her in the hospital and the thought of leaving the country and knowing that when I return she may not be alive has been really hard. So when you read this please pray not only for the success of this trip but for my aunt and her family. She is a believer, so that is comforting, but she is in a lot of pain. Today is Saturday and John and I just created this blog. Tomorrow is my last Sunday in Valdosta and I will be singing at church and then going with John to his church. On Monday I will pack all of my things and spend the night with my brother and sister-in-law in Macon and then Tuesday morning I will go to the Atlanta airport where I will take a bus to North Carolina for prefield training. I don't actually leave the country until next Friday the 29th, less the a week away!