With Thankful Hearts We Take Off On Our Adventure!

Greetings from our 2015 Puerto Rico Missions Team!

We are so thankful for many reasons! Just to name a few:

1. We are thankful for you! Without your prayers, we would not be able to leave FULLY FUNDED!

2. ALL of our financial support has come in!

3. We leave tomorrow!

4. Our SAU campus for all of their help with the fundraisers

5. That we serve a God who loves us and is with us always!

I want to introduce you to our 2015 team left to right

 Back row: Landon, Mary, Gracie, Breanne, Emily

Middle row: Sarah F., Sarah B., Stephanie, Becca, Karen (student leader)

Front row: Ty & Keegan

Look at what we have been up to over this past month:

Cake Pop assembly line

 Our Missions Marketplace Event

Our Thrifstore event

 Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3-Everything for $1!

Not pictured: Crush for your Crush sales and Date Auction (A campus favorite)

These students have been working so hard since Christmas break. They are getting a sneak peak at hard work for this next week:) 

We leave campus tomorrow (Friday) at noon, hop on a train from Jackson to Chicago, grab the Blue Line all the way to O'hare Airport. Our flight leaves around 8:30pm with a VERY SHORT layover in Houston (dear Lord, please help us and our luggage make our connecting flight). We are (according to our tickets) expected to arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico at about 6:40AM...yes, we are flying all night long! We rely on the Lord for our strength. 

The reason for all of the parenthesis explanations...if you dare, take a peak back at our previous trips over the years. You may notice our travel day to PR is always a little bit tricky. My sweet mom will be updating our travel details while we are in route. We trust that the Lord knows best. 

We appreciate your prayers! Thank you!

Stay tuned. We love your comments and read them out loud often:)

~Signing off: Team Leader Carrie (partnered with my dad, who the students will come to know as "Papa Shaw")