Why I started this blog

Hello everyone!

This is my first official blog post. I decided that if God gave me the opportunity to go to South Africa, I would keep a blog for myself and then also for various family members and friends to hear about my adventures. I figured that would be better than sending a long email to a massive amount of people. This way if someone would like to hear my stories and tales, they are welcome to, but if not, that's ok too! I've been somewhat hesitant to start a blog for a long time, because I don't want to be one of those people who talk but don't actually say anything. But I am excited about this!

I'll post on why I want to go to South Africa and the story behind it soon. A quick summary for now is that my university (UM-St. Louis) has an exchange program with the University of Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town. Consequently, Newfrontiers has a church there, Jubilee Church. I have had my eye on this for the past year, but had to wait to see if I got the financial help needed--which God provided. Technically, I'm not officially going yet-I still have to get accepted into the program, which I won't find out until late September. I'm really not worried about that at all. Once I find out about that, I will know more about dates, itinerary, etc. So this blog will not only be about my travels, but also the time leading up to it and what God teaches me during that time as I prepare to go.

So that's why I started this blog. Follow if you'd like, and if not, still please keep me in your prayers! There is so much to think about and so so SO much paperwork and hoops to go through for a trip like this, but I know this is something God is leading me into, so I'm diving head in!