We are ready to go! Everyone is leaving today with passport and visa in hand! We're leaving the base in less then two hours, and our flight leaves at about 3:30 EST. We'll fly into Mexico City, and then fly into Manaus at about 3:30 AM.

After the whole passport ordeal, we are sooooooo ready to go! The new class of DTSers are arriving, and it's really weird seeing new faces. I even met a girl who is from Winchester, and went to Fairfax High School for awhile (small world!). But seeing the new kids here reminded me of how far I have come in the past three months. God has equipped our us with awesome tools, gifts, and abilities to share the love of Christ to those who desperately need it. And now we get a chance to use these tools on the mission field. It's pretty spiffy stuff.

I will try to update as much as possible, but it will probably be much less then once a week. We'll be on the Amazon for 13 days, and we won't have internet access while we are there. We'll be back in the states on August 5th, do a week of debrief, and then I fly back to DC on August 12th. Please continue to pray for us in the next seven weeks. We've already faced some opposition, so we expect even more opposition in the following weeks to come.

I thank you for reading this blog, for praying with me, and for sharing my adventures with me. My teammates and I certainly appreciate all of the prayer support. It has definitely helped with our passport and visa situation, so please keep on praying! Thanks!