GRILLED CHEESE FUNDRAISER

Attention all who plan to come to my Grilled Cheese and Company Fundraiser : Pleaseeeeeeeee print out one of these flyers to bring with you so that I actually get credit for the fundraiser!!:) Thanks!! There are also copies availible on the facebook event!! If you have problems- email me at michellejoy06@gmail.com and I"ll send you another copy. I'd love to see you all there, and I'm just hoping its an amazing event!!!:)

Quick update for those following.

Surgery is over and I am now recovering. Everything went really well- they actually did more than they had planned, but we're hoping that will help even more. I was doing well until Monday when they took my stints out. It felt like they were pulling my brain through my nose, but I'm sure you dont want all of the details;) It triggered a migraine since it was technically a serious trauma, so it was not a good day for me at all. Pretty awful. Yesterday I spent the day recovering from that and slowly starting to eat food again. Today I'm trying just tylenol instead of percocet, which i'm rooting for so I dont feel dizzy anymore..

Anyway, I'm officially having a grilled cheese and co fundraiser for my trip- look for the event on facebook! It'll be December 16th from 11am- 9pm and all you need is this flyer that says you're there for the fundraiser. Such great food and an overall great time:) Go!!

That's it for now, off to relax a bit more.
-Michelle

Expecto Patronum(just because)

Just a quick update for those following:
I'm sending out another batch of about 50 letters out this week in hopes of getting my final number. I need at least 75% before January 8th, but would love to go in with 100%.

A few countdowns:
Surgery:10 Days- I'm getting my deviated septum corrected- it's almost a complete deviation, so we're hoping it'll help my headaches/air flow and get rid of the issues that have been making me so sick for so many months
Leaving to TX: 73 days
Gateway begins: 76 Days

CRAZZYY!!!

A Brief Update...

Hello loyal readers,

I just wanted to shoot out a quick update with how things are going for my trip and preparations for January.

So far, the fundraising is going really great. We're at about 3/4 of our goal, but we're finding it tough to make that final push. I'm recommending at this point that people send me money directly, unless the tax exemption is something they'd like to partake in, or unless they want to do a monthly pledge. I'm saying this because then I can put the money where I need it to go, instead of having to request funds,etc. But, if it's easier online- by all means. :)

Right now, I'm taking a few classes at Howard Community College- Intro to Culinary Arts, Baking and Pastries, Adolescent Psychology, and Medial Ethics. Everything is going well- Baking by far takes the cake(no pun intended), but will sadly be over in October. Work(aka babysitting) really picked up in the last few weeks, but has come to a screeching hault this week. It's probably better for this week so that I can relax and bounce back from the cold that took me over on this past Saturday, but alas, it's a little tough to not be bringing in as much money as I was.

This coming Saturday(the 9th) I'll be having a YARD SALE!! So any of you who are yard sale lovers- shoot me a message and I'll tell you where it's going to be. It's going to be my "moving to africa- everything must go' sale. I have a LOT to get done before that, as there are mannny things I never even thought to put up for sale, but I'll hopefully be using some of the days that I have free to work on that. It's been a difficult task deciding what to keep and what to give up, but I think it's been good for me- realizing what things actually hold value and what things are just merely things. I learned that the most precious things to me are certainly things I've written in the past, pictures, programs, etc. But hopefully I'm not keeping more than I need. I'll need to get myself a small storage unit somewhere/find someone to hold on to my treasures while I'm gone.

Other than that, there's not much going on. I'm starting to get nervous about leaving, but nothing has really hit me yet. It shall be interesting.

Anyway. Please keep me and my family in your prayers. As the trip gets closer, Satan sure does like to throw things at me to discourage the pants off of any plans I had.

I love you all and hope at least someone is still reading this:)

<3
Me

You've Left Me Speechless, So Speechless...

Hey everyone! I just wanted to post quickly that I have finally completely updated my webpage: http://triptoafricams.weebly.com/index.html and I now have a facebook page that you should all become fans on(http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126230187387418&ref=ts#!/pages/Michelles-Trip-to-Africa/112246238821656?ref=ts).

Fundraising is in full swing(or as much as it can be with me 2.5 hours from home). Please consider supporting me either financially or through encouragement or prayer.

I hope you're all well. I"m heading into Session 4 of Dragonfly Forest, which is Hemotology!

Ps- if you haven't already, vote for Dragonfly on Chase Community Giving- only 3 days left and it'd change lives if we won any of the monetary prizes. It cost 70,000 alone to rent the facility we are using let alone all of the supplies. Thanks!

Quick mini-update!!

Please take a look at my updated webpage for fund-raising information!! It has begun, and I have a lonnngg way to go, so please take a look. Im off to camp for 6 weeks!!! If you want to see what my camp is about go to dragonflyforest.org.

My webpage: triptoafricams.weebly.com !!!:) Yayy!!

Hail, Hail, Lion of Judah

I recieved this from one of the dearest people to me on the ship- please take a minute to read it and please keep this young girl, the family, and all of the people on board right now in prayer!

A quick update from a nursing perspective: We've had 3 patients die - 2 of them babies and then last week a patient had a cardiac arrest in the eye room of all places - nothing like that EVER happens in eyes, apart from the week before when a patient had a seizure! A number of patients with weird inexplicable problems affecting their healing and some real sad cases which we just can't help at all.

If you feel at all led to pray for these people, please pray for Lovelace, a little girl from Ghana with the most freaky looking tumours I've ever seen, she looks like an alien.(you may have heard about her from your mum). She was here for ages whilst surgeons deliberated about whether or not they could actually operate on her. Biopsies of the tumours were sent to the USA to see if they are malignant. The biopsies went missing somewhere in transit. In the mean time, it was decided that we couldn't operate here as the type of surgery required was so specialized. Lovelace's father (who was here with her) decided he wanted to take them home so discharged her. There was no point in waiting around anymore anyway, even if the biopsies did show up. One of the tumours is growing into Lovelace's mouth and airway. She is so skinny - you know how that one goes. Let's raise up a prayer covering for her for all that God wants to accomplish in her life.

I'll give a me update soon, but first- finals take over. Keep me in your prayers as well if you could.