More Africa

I hope you're not sick of hearing about my Africa plans.  Not really a lot has changed since my last post on it but it's just constantly on my mind.  It's so amazing to see how God works.

I was really worried about asking for all of the time off from work.  I've only been there a couple of months and I'm VERY part-time so I don't really feel like I have any pull to be asking for 10+ days off of work.  The protocol for asking for time off is to email the manager (who I love!).  I explained to her that the time was for a mission trip to Africa and that I knew it was a lot of time and didn't want to mess up the scheduling.  Her response to my email was, "I want you to go!!"  I worked with her for the first time since that email last night and she was asking me all about it.  I don't know if she's a Christ-follower or not but I know that she was raised in the church (Methodist, I think...don't remember for sure).  She started telling me about all the various trips her son and his wife have done with YoungLife all over the world.  It was really cool to be having this kind of conversation with my boss!  She was telling me how excited she is for me and what an amazing experience it will be.  I was really blown away.  I didn't expect that level of support there!  God is so good!

I spent a lot of yesterday working on support letters, visa paperwork, figuring out my immunizations (which I am SO not excited about).  I feel like there is a ton to do but not much that I actually can do right now...that feeling kind of drives me crazy! :)

Here's some photos of the center we'll be working at.

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