bright and early.

In the morning, I will be leaving!
I can't believe the day is already here.

I'm really excited about being in Brazil...not so excited about getting there.
Please pray for my travels. Not just for safety, but for peace of mind. I am kinda nervous about flying by myself, and spending time in airports/navigating (foreign) airports by myself.
I am meeting up with a team that is also going to be flying from Manaus to Santarem at the same time, so I should feel a little better once I am with other people. But that also includes locating and approaching a group of guys I've never met before/know nothing about except that they are headed to work with PAZ.

I should be sleeping right now...but I know that if I lay in bed I will just toss in restless awakeness from the anxiety about tomorrow. Good anxiety too, like the expectancy kind.

I had a wonderful last day in the states. I got to say good-bye to everyone at church. Except one family wasn't there. It made me sad. I will be looking forward to seeing everyone again. I am really going to miss my church family, but am definitely looking forward to spending time with another part of Christ's body. It's so wonderful to know that wherever I go, I always have family around me. :)

I spent the afternoon with some of my aunts and cousins, it was nice to be able to spend the day with them before I left. It's so odd to think about how Michigan is right when I get back.

I discovered today that there is a little problem with my returning flights. As in, the middle leg of my flight is scheduled two days before the others. That's probably won't work out so well. We will see what happens with that. I have to call the travel agency in the morning on the way to Chicago. But hey, at least I caught it now, and at least it's the return flight and not the flight I'm supposed to be taking tomorrow.

I also noticed I've been telling everyone the wrong date that I will be returning (although, at this point, the day is completely up in the air).

I finished packing also...as long as my bag isn't overweight, I'm good to go. I can always do some creative rearranging with my carry-on. :)

Well, I guess I'm going to go try to catch some zzzzs.

Be praying!
Here's some specific prayers:
Open hearts of the people in the village we will be traveling to this first week (3rd-7th)
My anxiety
My personal health
The flooding: pray that the waters will go down

We'll stick with that short list for now!

I just thought of a couple more things I should post...
Here is PAZ's website: http://www.projectamazon.org/
There is a lot of information about the organization and the missionaries on the website.
Here is a short (4 minute) video about what PAZ does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XhXi-AjdTs

This will probably be my last post for the next week or so. The day after I arrive in Santarem, I will be heading out on the river (presumably with that team I'm meeting up with). It's gonna be a quick jump right into things, but I'm definitely looking to jump right in!
I will try to post once I am back from the boat trip (maybe before) just to let y'all know that I'm safe!

In Christ,
Becca