MIAMI!!!!!!!

so I made it to Miami on Monday, after a long time waiting at the Philly airport..... Something on our plane broke, so we had to wait 2 hours for them to fix it! Once we were in the air, my flight was rather uneventful.....
Once we made it to Miami, we sat in the airport for an hour waiting for the hotel shuttle. We got to the hotel just in time to register, put everything in my room, eat, and still make it to FUAGNEM on time.
After FUAGNEM, we met our team and then headed to drama auditions. I'm a mime again, I didn't really want to be a mime again, but I'm fine with it.
Yesterday we had all morning free, because the drama coach wanted to meet with the toys and kats first. After lunch we had language training and finally went to drama training. I am part of the tree in the middle of the garden! :) I'm really excited! Today, we finished learning the drama and then spent the rest of the day polishing it up. I also get to be part of the cross at the end of the drama.
I leave Miami tomorrow at 7pm and we're landing in Guatemala City at 8:30 (it's a 3 hour flight with a time difference.) I can't wait to get to Guatemala!!!!! I'm so excited to get to be a part of this and I'm really liking getting to know everyone on my team!
Lots of Love from Miami
Dios les Bendiga!
~Joy

TOMORROW!!!!!!

I'M REALLY REALLY VERY SUPER EXCITED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! I can't wait!
I still have to go through my suitcase one more time, but other than that I'm completely packed (except for one shirt, and a few things that I still need tonight or tomorrow morning). I can't think of anything else to post except for that this week (and entire month) went by EXTREMELY fast!
I can't wait to meet everyone either in the airport or in Miami.
Please continue to check my blog..... I will try to update as often as I can!
Lots of Love
Dios le Bendiga
~Joy

1 week!

hola!
In exactly one week, I will be sitting in Miami meeting many new faces and many familiar faces. I got pretty much all of my shopping done yesterday, and I still have a few more little things to get, but I'm about 98% finished shopping.
I also began packing today... I didn't get very far because I kept getting distracted so my bedroom is currently cluttered in a sea of everything that needs to be packed by next monday morning. I wish I could remember how I got everything packed last year!
1 WEEK!!!!!
Dios le Bendiga!
~Joy
ps.
1. It is nearly impossible to finda box of JUST plastic knives!
2. I get distracted easily! :)

only 9 more days until I leave for Miami!
I finished school on Wednesday, but it really doesn't feel like I'm done for the summer. oh well! i'm happy!
anyway, I'm SO excited that this trip is only 9 days away. I've really enjoyed talking to some of my teammates on email, facebook, etc.. It's so cool to hear from all of them and I can't wait to meet them in person!
My flight leaves Philly at 12:20 next Mon and I'll be landing in Miami around 3:15. I'm really happy, because I found out that there is at least one other person from team 3 (the team i'm on) on the same flight. :D
Dios le Bendiga
~Joy

15 days!

So I decided that I'd finally post my pics from last year. I hope you enjoy!
btw: the trip is only 15 days away!

This is just a glimpse of what was done last year, and probably also a little glimpse of what we're doing this year! :)

20 DAYS!!!!!

The trip to Guatemala is less than 20 days away!!!!!!! I remember when my countdown on igoogle said 120 days! It seems like it was only yesterday.

I'm really excited and really hope these next 2 weeks go by really quickly. I have started shopping for the trip, and getting some things as I've seen them, but I still have quite a ways to go. Thanks to facebook and email, I've already been in contact with my team-mates. I'm really excited to get to know them and I can't wait to meet them face-to-face in Miami! It's an amazing feeling to be less than 20 days away! But I still have to finish school first. Only 6 more days of school and 3 of them are finals! Please continue to pray I finish school and as I continue to prepare for this trip! I haven't heard many updates about the current situation in Guatemala, (I guess that's because everyone in the US is preoccupied with oil spill) but I know that it has gotten better. I can't wait to see what God has planned for us on this trip!

Dios le Bendiga (God Bless)

~Joy :)



To God alone be the glory, to God alone be the praise

Everything I say and do, Let it be all for you,

The glory be yours alone

Guatemala volcano & such

most of you all know of the volcano that errupted in Guatemala last week and the hurricane, and the sink hole (my sister has been to the intersection where the sinkhole is). The country was hit with a very devastating blow this week. The first time I heard about it, I didn't know what to think.... actually I did, it was "oh no, what are they going to do, we're heading there in less than a month. What's going to happen to the trip?" I guess I may have jumped right to what could be the worst thing that could happen.
as time went on (within a day or two), I started to realize that God is going to use this devastation and turn it around into something beautiful and amazing and probably more than we can fathom. The trip is NOT being canceled or shut down.... I think this is actually doing the opposite and lighting the fire of excitement even more than it had been.
I received the team list, costume assignment, and flight information yesterday. :) I will be serving on Team 3, and I'm in charge of bringing the Evil Magician costume for my team.
The trip is about 25 days away! Please continue to pray as we prepare and gather the final things together.
Dios le Bendiga,
~Joy