We’re meeting at 4:00 and heading to LAX to embark on our journey to the other side of the planet! Everything is bought, everyone is ready, and heeeeere we go!

It looks like its going to be raining pretty hard our first few days there, which will test our flexibility right away.

today is sunday and most of us got back from hume yesterday. we had a commissioning this morning and the youth group prayed over us as we all stood up on stage and held hands. as the departure day draws closer, i’m realizing that as cliche as it sounds, life as i know it is about to change. i need to prepare my heart for the things God is going to reveal to me. I am so so so ready to go on this trip with the most amazing group of people I have ever met, spearheaded by some freaking rad pastor who stepped in at the last minute. so as i get ready to hit the sack and get ready to pack, i just want to ask that everyone continues to pray for us as we get anxious and nervous and excited these next 4 days and get ready to see some transformed people when we return.

<3chantelle

Here’s a video that another youth group put together after visiting First Love. We’ll get our hands dirty doing many of the same things!

Hey everyone this is Ryan Guard

Just wanted to hop on here and say I am excited and HONORED that I get to be a part of this trip! I hope to get on here and keep everyone updated both before and during our trip to Boracay. Add this blog to your Favorites or your RSS feed to stay up to date!

i think it’s funny how in the word seamstress the word “stress” also appears. i was definitely stressed out on saturday but only for about 2 seconds. saturday was a skirt making festivity at the norton’s for the girls going to the philippines. a bunch of us ran into each other at joann’s and grabbed similar fabric and then headed to Sarah’s where there were a bunch of helpful and experienced mommy’s, two sewing machines, several patterns, and a newly bought game of guitar hero III. sewing isn’t as easy as it looks, but all of them sure do look cute! i like the von trapp family (sound of music) theme we’ve got going on and it was exciting having all those girls there for more bonding time, as cheesy as it sounds. big shout out to all the moms that helped because we definitely could not have done it without you all! and as for the boys, we can make you guys bandanas or something…

let’s go already. i’m already ready for nothing stylish or flashy for two weeks and just plain white vnecks and these skirts and shorts for two weeks straight.

chantelle