"That was very slippery of you, Clarice."

So, for those of you who have no idea what my title means, my roommate and I are enjoying the delights of Panera Bread and loudly quoting Silence of the Lambs. Many strange looks are occurring around us.

Anyway, on to more important subjects. I apologize for not keeping this as up to date recently, life has been rather busy. I even have two professors who think it's okay to assign tests during thanksgiving break. NEWSFLASH IT IS NOT OK.

The CCU2theWorld kick off was on November 10th and I was super excited to finally hang out with my team mates. I had only met them once so I was really looking forward to getting to know them a little bit better. One thing I noticed is that all of them have good senses of humor which is going to be great when we're overseas :) The kick off was a lot of fun, too. We played a lot of team building games as well as talk about fundraising and support letters.
The entire Turner family is also going with us, so that's awesome. Dr. Turner is our staff leader, his son is a freshman and he applied to go on the trip, and the rest of the family will be joining us as well. That should be a turner-ific time.

As far as everything else goes, I am brainstorming some awesome fundraising ideas for our team. Of course for now I will keep those quiet ;) although I am excited to see what comes out of all of our ideas.

I'm still feeling a bit overwhelmed and stressed with school and this trip and everything else that goes on in life, but I couldn't be more blessed with a better team. To put it in Thanksgiving terms, I am extremely thankful that God placed such wonderful people on my team to go and share the gospel to Poland. I am thankful that they are funny and genuine, and I am thankful that I will get to know them more within the months to come.

My roommate is cracking me up right now; the fireplace right next to us has a sign that says "CAUTION: HOT." .. uhhh you don't say?!
We're going to be heading to Barnes & Noble here in just a few. I'm considering picking up a world map or something to mark where I've traveled and where I want to go. Or maybe I'll just buy a giant Poland map. I haven't decided yet :)

178 days until we depart for Poland! It seems so far, yet so close.

Exciting week :)

This week was super exciting because our team members were chosen :) which means I know exactly who will be joining me and Katie to Poland. I'm really excited to get to know them. They all seem awesome and I think they'll all bring something different to the team which I'm super pumped about.

On Saturday we have the CCU2theWorld kick off event. I am not sure what to expect this year. Not even the team members know what is going on. But I suppose that makes it really exciting. I know we'll be doing a lot of activities, talking about fundraising, etc.

Speaking of fundraising, I'm really nervous about that. I hate asking people for money. I hate it so much. I know fundraising is a lot more than that, but it still kind of makes me nervous, so of course I will need lots of prayer about this so I can get over my fear of this whole money business and really work to make the trip more affordable for my team mates. Because believe me this trip ain't cheap.

I have a couple fundraising ideas in mind, but if anyone knows of cool websites for fundraising ideas or knows of anything we can do, feel free to let me know your ideas. :)