dream big.

my passport came on Monday, praise the Lord! things are starting to come together. :)

i just took my first malaria pill, and it's starting to sink in that i am GOING TO AFRICA on Saturday!

when i was a kid, i dreamed about going to Africa someday. 

i remember wishing i could be grown up so i could travel the world. 

i remember thinking about what it would be like...and wondering if i'd ever get the chance to go. 

yet here i am. 

19 years old.

traveling the world.

i think the only reason i'm here, doing what i love to do, is because i dared to dream big. 

i talk to so many people who haven't traveled outside of the States, simply because they haven't done it. the only thing stopping them has been themselves. it bothers me because the world holds so many fantastic people and places. it's an adventure that i wouldn't want to miss. i can't imagine NOT traveling. i've dreamed big dreams, then watched God bring them into my life. 

i think i may be the luckiest girl alive. 

i'm living my dreams. 

Africa, here i come! :)

2 days until Uganda!