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i think now is the time when i am asking myself what i am doing...i took some melatonin tonight because i can't really sleep here and i slept for maybe 2 hours before i was woken up by a tiny noise. I had no idea what it was so i turned on my light and didn't see anything so I tried to lay back down thinking that it was just something else and then i heard it again. So i get up and turn on my light again and hear the noise coming from my backpack...so i look over and two tiny little eyes are looking at me. IT WAS A MOUSE. derr i freaked for half a second and didn't know what to do. It scurried out of my bag and somewhere else in my room but i just grabbed my computer, pillow poo and a blanket and came into the other room. what in the world, how do you get a mouse out of your room? ahh and all i can hear in the streets are dogs barking and growling looking for things to eat.. its okay its okay..

ohh africa

i'm here!! i felt out of it since i got here and still do a little but i am so happy to finally be here with my feet on the ground! everything went so well with my travel that i know it could have only been the Father! I am getting settled into my apartment, and trying to adjust to life here. it's crazy that 2 days ago (i think...im so confused on what day and time it is) i was in the united states and now i am here, where i don't understand ANYTHING that anybody says, its actually really cold despite what it thought and i'm by my little lonesome. im gonna wear out hillsong and kim walker...that is the only thing i know for sure about these next three months :) im excited to keep yall updated this way and i'm sure i'll have pictures soon!

it's getting closer!!!

i can't believe that time is moving so quickly before i am supposed to leave! i am pretty much to the point of being able to count down hours!! i ask that you would join me in prayer now for my travels, that i would get there safely. I really am just most nervous about my traveling...i am ready to be there and beyond grateful that the Lord has blessed ME of all people with this opportunity...thank you Jesus that You do not call the equipped but equip the called.

counting down the days

i can't believe that I am getting ready to leave in just 8 days! i am so excited and ready to be there but definitely a little nervous :) i am so thankful that i have had some sweet ladies pouring into me and helping me get ready for this journey. please be praying for travel safety...making sure i get through new york :)...and all that i am going to encounter during these next 3 months. i really don't even know what specifically to ask people to pray about, but Jesus knows our hearts. the Lord has been teaching me ALOT about patience and joy and i haven't even gotten out of my house yet, just goes to show that He is going to be up to some good stuff in the coming days.

amazing grace

I probably shouldn't be writing this right now but I couldn't not do it. We were just singing amazing grace at church and we came to the line "my chains are gone, ive been set free, my God My savior has ransomed me" and it just hit me how untrue that is for so many. Yes there are lost people in our midst but how many people have never even heard the name of Jesus! The numbers really do blow my mind...it is hard for me to even imagine.This is an emergency.

I want these people to know the truth that is revelation 5:9

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a world apart

i tried to have a cute little world map picture up here but i couldn't get it to work so drain...so anyway...where we live and where i am going in a few weeks(africa!!) are a world apart. i know it could be alot further but i feel like a WHOLE ocean separating me from everything i know is pretty far. it's so crazy...i feel like i am already starting to love the people that i am going to interact with...even though i have never met them. i'm scared for real...but SO ready to be there. i know how much bigger Jesus is than my fear. i was with a sweet friend tonight talking about this journey and what i most want to get out of it and i really can't wait for the Father to fully reveal Himself to me. I get so sidetracked and unfocused here when life is going on...and Jesus has most definitely shown Himself to be faithful and evident in my life, especially over the past few months. i can't wait for times with Him to be so real, and raw and exciting and scary, joyful and i am sure painful. i heard this song on the radio today and i am officially obsessed. i don't think the words could be any more exact for what i am feeling right now...

If I saw you on the street

And you said come and follow me

But I had to give up everything

All I once held dear and all of my dreams

Would I love you enough to let go

Or would my love run dry

When you asked for my life

When did love become unmoving

When did love become unconsuming

Forgetting what the world has told me

Father of love, you can have me

If you're all you claim to be

Then I'm not loosing anything

So I will crawl upon my knees

Just to know the joy of suffering

I will love you enough to let go

little kate

i feel like i am wearing out the social networks right now as this story is on my facebook, twitter and now my blog.

i came across this story of a sweet family who is battling their little girls fight with a brain tumor. please take the time to visit their webpage/blog and keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

hearing and reading about things like this are the reminders i need that life is short..and a precious gift from Jesus that we should live to the fullest.

http://www.prayforkate.com

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate