one year has gone by fast...

last year this week i was in guatemala at the casa bernabe orphanage. it doesn't seem like it's been that long. i remember thinking before i left that i wanted to go back someday. hopefully i will get to someday.

this year i won't be going on a traditional 'mission trip' but i am going to europe for 10 days with a friend of mine and 38 high school students (2 other chaperones)!!!! she's a history teacher and has done trips for a couple of years.

i'm excited to see how i like working with kids this age and how i can minister to them as an 'older and wiser' adult. i am praying and asking to show himself to us on the trip and to provide opportunities to talk about him to the kids. the trip isn't not sponsored by the school so talking about god is something my friend plans on doing and has done in the past.

we leave in 19 days!!! i was trying to decide if i should take a camera or not...lately i haven't been taking cameras because i don't want to spend more time taking pictures than enjoying what i am seeing. i will be taking food though! already planning that...