For Jennilee and Matthew :-)

I'm not 100% if I've mentioned it before, but two of my treasure-friends (Matthew P and Jennilee) are going on an 11 month (!!!! in the words of just about everyone) mission trip called The World Race and they're both leaving in September. Being broke and jobless, I've been trying to help Jennilee with little things, like the barbecue dinner she did the other night and the yard sale she's doing in a few weeks (I love 'hands-on' help, honestly). She still lacks around 3,000 dollars to meet her goal, so if you'd like to help her be the hands of Jesus, go to www.jennileebaird.theworldrace.org (here's Matthew's link as well- http://matthewpoole.theworldrace.org/)
Both of these people have impacted my life in indescribable ways, and both of them have very powerful testimonies. Jennilee became one of my dearest friends, and God has used her to encourage me and remind me of what I needed to hear (even if I didn't want to hear it...and if I could count the times that I've said 'You told me so...'). God's used Matthew to speak truth into my life and encourage me so many times. I wish I could tell both of them how much of an impact they've had on me, but it would honestly take WAY too long to go through that.
During their trip, they'll be working with orphans, which is my heart, and I know is the heart of many people, especially families that have adopted. I'd encourage you to go to theworldrace.org and see if you can support them and this ministry.
:-)
(PS-went to see the Medallions in June...will post pictures soon, I promise. There's one that I obsessed over, because i wanted it to be pretty...which will take more explaining than the blog-o-sphere needs to have ;-) but needless to say, it's ended up being one of my favorites. And I may be taking the girls to see them soon, which will result in more cute pictures of Ellie and her BFF Josh)