We bought our Tickets!
3rd Journal Post

Now we can say we are going for sure. We don't have a 15 hour layover in Paris, its in London instead and its over night. So maybe we'll have time to go up in the Tower of London and look over the city lights, but after that its sleepy time for us. We probably won't be very sleepy though, travelling in planes is just awkward. We change planes about 3 times going and coming back (all different airlines). Why do I have the feeling we might not get our luggage right away when we get there? :) [Bad Becca - slaps wrist - be optimistic.] One of the pros is that we will get a meal on almost every flight. Yay for airplane food, actually I just like the ginger ale. Oh, on our way to Germany we could get free wine with dinner, if thats an option that would help me go to sleep. ;)

Other good news:

• Our passports and such are up to date.


• The most feared foreign disease from former soviet states is malaria, but there won't be any mosquitoes out while we are there since they would turn into little mosquitoe ice blocks (cold weather here I come).


• Even though we won't get in until late on Christmas Eve, Christmas with the orphanage has been moved to Christmas morning so we still get to be with them (we thought we might miss out, now we are happy).


• We have given out 50 of the shoebox papers, that means if everyone does what they say they will, we only need 20 more people and we haven't even asked Peace members for support yet (besides the Source people). Awesomeness!


• We have a basic itenarary (sp?) that just tells us we will be hosting a kinship group on the two Wednesdays we are there, will have two Christmas parties - one at the orphanage and one in 'our' flat for the kinship group, will maybe be teaching how to cook, and will definately be spending a lot of time in relationship building - talking, hanging out, and just getting to know the people and let our love shine through to them. Sounds like stuff we can handle! Whoop!

Things to do:

• Still need to get some vaccinations for diptheria (this is the disease you always died from when you played Oregon Trail in elementary school) and other such diseases.


• Still need to raise money for a small guitar amp. I think that the group has been struggling with music / worship and if we can bring the amp with us and use it while we are there to show them how much fun it is, that would be sooo fun for us. All of our work with the Source is paying off. ;)

Wow