[Jaw Hitting Floor]

I do believe there comes a point in the process of fundraising when God just reminds you that He's serious about what you're doing-- and He's going to get you there.
My friends, that's exactly where I am.
These past couple weeks, I've had donations coming out my ears. And today, today I counted them up!

Grand Total: 1,580.
One thousand five hundred and eighty dollars! ! !

I send hugs and thanks to all you guys who are so generously supporting me both financially, and prayerfully. I can't do it without it you!

So.... I'm off to re-explore plane tickets! And after that I'll let you know what we're looking at, as far as how much we have left to go. Even though this will definitely cover the travel, we still have my room and board cost, which is another thousand.

Multsumesc!
[Romanian for "thanks"]

Concerning Donations

Hey, it's me again. I've been getting a lot of feed back conerning my letter, and it has been brought to my attention that I didn't make the donation aspect too clear. I'm so sorry about that! Here's some clarifying:

Since I am going on my own, I just figured people could make the check straight out to me. I recently discovered, however, that you can also make the check out to "South Carroll Full Gospel Church", with "missions" in the memo, and a note attached letting them know that it's for Marilyn's trip to Romania. That way it's tax deductable for you! Although, I do think it would keep things easier if you could just mail it on over to me.

Sound good?

Great.

Please let me know if there's anything more that I neglected to clarify!

Thanks.