Traveling Plans

Well everyone, here is a quick itinerary of the next few day's events:
I will being heading out early tomorrow morning!!! It seems so surreal! I can't believe the time is finally here! I have been praying for this journey for weeks upon weeks, and it is actually here! I can't quite explain all the feelings: excitement, anxiousness, eagerness, and a bit of fear for the unknown. I can't thank each of you enough for your prayer, support and encouragement. I couldn't have had this opportunity without you so thank you!


As you can see to the right, my newest best friend will be with me all summer! I hope to fill my passport up with many different country's stamps! I will begin in Cincinnati, fly to Newark, NJ then to Duesseldorf, Germany and lastly to Krakow, Poland. I should arrive at 9:00am Wednesday morning in Poland. In the airport I will meet up with the rest of the Josiah Venture team including the 73 interns and many country leaders. Some of the interns and leaders will already be in Europe and travel to the airport in Poland to pick us all up. From the airport in Poland we will be split into country oriented teams to embark on the Amazing Race. I will be with the other two interns, Chad and Julia, going to Serbia with me and our country leader, Bojan, from Serbia. I have only met these people via email and Facebook. I look forward to meeting them face to face!

The race is modeled after the television show, the Amazing Race. We will have random challenges and tasks to accomplish while racing from check point to check point until our final destination, Malenovice, Czech Republic for training. This race will last three days! We will arrive at the Malenovice Hotel as our final destination for a week of training. I will be sharing more about the race and training soon!


As 1 Peter 5:6-7 tell us to "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you," I am trying to  give all anxiety to Him. I am thanking Him already for the protection He will provide in travels. Thank you for your prayers as well!

For now, I am off to lots of travelling adventures!

The Adventures of Packing

Who knew selecting a backpack wouldn't be easy, right? Well, I guess I am a little naive! Thinking this would take a simple evening online, selecting, purchasing, and waiting for it to arrive in the mail, I found myself on the start to a learning experience...Starting last Monday, one week ago, Mom and I spent the evening looking online for hiking backpacks. Quickly, I realized there are hiking backpacks and day packs in every variety possible. Automatically as any wise traveler off to a summer of air-flights, hopping trains, and other large use of public transportation would do, I went for the highest capacity, largest backpack within check-in requirement dimensions to be found! With hopes high and joy rising, I waited eagerly for the "most wonderful" backpack I had been dreaming of to arrive. Thursday afternoon my awaited pack had been delivered. To damper the spirits I found it to be much too spacious and framed for traveler more like six inches taller than I. This was just a bump in the road or in reality a blessing in disguise. Saturday morning I took my parents out for a shopping trip where we could actually try on the packs and found a magnificent bag (shown in the picture) matching my height for comfortability. So, the other backpack will be shipped back! Already, it is neat seeing God take care of my needs for the summer while learning lessons in patience. This pack is the perfect capacity, size and a bright, happy orange! Seven days away! I'm already loosing sleep with excitement!

Welcome to the Blog

Hey family and friends, I have created this blog in order to keep all of you informed about my upcoming summer in Serbia. With little to potentially no access to a computer and a lack of time, I will not be able to contact you each personally via email, Skype. etc. Therefore, I will be posting as often as possible on here. I just want to thank you for your support toward me already in some form whether prayfully, financially, encouragement, telephone calls, or other conversations. Please feel free to follow and read about what Christ is doing in both my life and the lives of Serbians as this summer 's journey unravels!