preparing to go

packing for a 5 month stay in a foreign country takes a long time...

i have no idea who's gonna win Dancing with the Stars. i'm voting for codi & julianne though because i think they're just so entertaining.

so anyways...i had no idea there was so much to do to prepare to go overseas for longer than a few weeks! i'm learning so much though, it's great. people have been so sweet, too! thank you! i really can tell people have been praying for me! i've gotten to spend time with people, i've gotten a lot done, and i've had peace about going. i've received advice from people that have lived in Kenya, visited Kenya, lived in other African countries, served in missions in other nations...i just feel so blessed! the LORD is totally preparing me! & my parents! i only get nervous when people ask "so are you nervous?" haha. my parents say the same goes for them. so don't ask them if they're worrying...they probably aren't thinking about it until somebody asks... when i remember that i'm going to the nations though, & that the LORD has given me passion for loving on those kids, i get so excited! i'm also really looking foward to seeing Africa, i've heard kenya is beautiful.

my mom made a Thanksgiving dinner for me tonight! what a sweet mommy! it was served on our Christmas plates & there was a Christmas tree bread basket. =) so i got to experience some of our regular holidays traditions! matt, krista, jadrien, & mccall came. it was lots of fun.

I NEED HELP ---> ok the picture at the top of my post was supposed to be right underneath the previous paragraph. the caption should have been "jadrien was really excited about our food," but i can't get my pictures to go where i want them to! what do i do?? i also can't cut pictures or remove them from my post...how do i do that?? i had to super minimize the first picture i posted because it was in the wrong place. strange. please help me. =]

i'll post more when i figure out how...hopefully sometime tomorrow since i leave wednesday morning & tomorrow's tuesday....

[EDIT] OK, thanks for letting me know how to post pictures! Here are some!

me & my parents at pre-Thanksgiving

Turns out that only the first one worked. ^ That one. ::sigh:: Until I can figure this out, I'll just post pictures & caption them first. The picture at the top is me & Krista at pre-Thanksgiving (old roommate & one of my favorite persons ever!)

mmk, i fly to Charlotte for orientation tomorrow morning! i don't know when i'll post again...i fly to nairobi on sunday, i'll post as soon as i can to let you know i'm there!!!

kt