Two weeks until takeoff!

It is all so exciting! I am leaving for Athens, Greece in two weeks! The rest of the team is already in North Carolina for their pre-field training and will be arriving in Greece on Friday! It is so crazy to think that I will be meeting the rest of the team so soon. I have been trying to get all the last minute details ironed out- I have started becoming really good friends with my health insurance company and the kind people at Chase bank. I am sure they love all of my questions (NOT!). As I have been reading through the blogs and comments of my fellow interns the last couple of weeks, I have been so encouraged by their sheer excitement to serve! I am so excited to meet them and serve with them.

At my small group meeting tonight, we studied Jeremiah 29 and we discussed the sheer magnitude of God's love. His people were in exile, scared for their lives, and he chose to prosper them where they were. He called them to plant roots, start families and integrate themselves into their community. Throughout their fear and anxiety, he continued to love them and encourage them that he was going to rescue them again. Jeremiah 29:11 describes God's reassurance of love, hope and a perfect plan. This verse is a familiar one that most people have memorized. In context, however, I was struck with just how powerful it was. God's plans for his people were to encourage them, love them and help them prosper for 70 years! While in exile! A God this good is truly a God that wants us to prosper, especially when doing His will. This passage tonight was very encouraging, especially with all of the stresses of the past and upcoming weeks. God's plan for me is prosperity and an amazing future.

With regard to my future in Greece, I have also been so blessed in peoples' interest in supporting me both prayerfully and financially. I have received a few donations in the lats few days so I am about a hundred dollars closer! Wooo Hooo! I still, however, have about 4,400 dollars to raise by June 6th. It seems very daunting when looking at the figures, but when I look at all the amazing things God has made happen, including prospering His people for generations while they were in exile, I know that the complexity of raising a few thousand dollars is dwarfed in comparison. I ask that you still continue in prayer, especially now that our team will be there is just a few short days! If you would like to support me financially, please go to the MTW website to donate in my name and number (10855):

https://www2.mtw.org/donations/donate/AddDesignation.aspx?No=10855 


Thank you for all of your support and love,


Emily