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I just called Olivia into the room and asked her to tell me about our Honduras trip, and she said to me: "We are going to Honduras.  We're gonna bless the mission trip and we're gonna bless the orphanage and we're gonna pack food for the plane.  We're taking two planes.  Honduras has special mosquitoes, if they bite you you'll have a virus."

We went to the foreign travel immunization clinic at the Alachua County Health Department  the other day.  Thankfully (praise be to God) Jared and Celia were gracious enough to keep the littles so Olivia and I could go alone.  The woman we had the consultation with spoke to us for an hour (!) about things ranging from benzo (something or other) wipes to buy, anti-malarial medicine, and vaccinations.  I am currently having to decide if I should get my 2nd Hepatitis A shot (I got my first before I went but never returned for the booster - those are expensive shots!).  We got Olivia's Hepatitis A but have to go back for one more for both her and I (I can't remember what it is and I'd have to actually get up to go find it. ha!).  I'd have taken a picture of her getting her shot but I was too busy restraining her.  Literally, full body restraining.  Can we say traumatic???  There is no convincing her that it will be just a moment of pain.  She starts stressing about the shot as soon as she figures out she's getting one.  

On a happier note, I did (finally) get the passports sent off last week.  I was waiting on having the funds to do so, it was quite expensive to do.  We took some pictures of us getting pictures, the ones of me, Olivia took.  :)  She's a natural, as you can see.

Did you happen to notice the red line on the thermometer?  It has literally JUMPED since my last update.  We have gotten about $700 donated in the last two weeks.  We are SO close to meeting goal...and still have a yard sale to do!  God has been so good to us in providing so quickly, and I feel so blessed, and Olivia does too.  

If you are praying, please pray for the following:

• That all of our funding would be provided, ours and the other people going on the trip.  I am only one of 70 people raising funds for this.
• That our hearts would be prepared for the trip in all the ways God knows they need to be.
• That God would prepare specific people for us to connect with and bless during our time there.

Thank you, again, for journeying with us.  :)