almost time for a new chapter.

so our time here in pichilemu is quickly coming to an end. the two other teams leave on december 16 and 17. but we are not quite sure yet when our team is leaving for santiago, but i would assume probably not til at least the 16 or probably later than that. i'm getting sad to say goodbye to some of my friends for 2 1/2 months, really sad actually. i've made some really good friends here, and my closest friend here, kari, is going to ecuador and columbia for her outreach. but i am really excited about my outreach team. we had our last full team meeting last night. our leaders are all leaving tomorrow and we won't see them again til january 1 when we get to england. two of our leaders wallace and tina are married, and she is from england so they are going with their two kids to visit her parents and her family for the holidays because they haven't been there for over 2 years i think. and then our other leader david, is going to germany to visit his fiance and meet her family and then he is meeting us in england. so it's just the five of us for now, which is okay with me. our meeting last night was really good though, it was really relaxed and probably the best meeting we've had so far, even though i thought it was going to be super stressful, it wasn't. we all just partnered up and shared our needs and prayed for each other. i've been trying to hang with a lot of people the last two weeks, or at least the people i know that i won't be on outreach with and we've been having a lot of fun. we've been going out to dinner or ice cream on saturday nights. and there is an unfinished building next to our house and we like to go up on the top and stargaze at night. and last sunday it was really hot so we went to the beach, and the water wasn't that bad actually, it was cold, but i thought it would be way colder. although i didn't go in, i expected to get thrown in, but i didn't oh well. i think we're gonna go back this sunday, if it's sunny again. it says its supposed to be sunny and like 90 degrees on sunday, but it also says that its supposed to be 91 and sunny right now, and i'm looking out the window at and overcast cloudy day, so who knows. it seems to usually be pretty sunny on the weekends. but this saturday is an all base work day. woo hoo. that means we have to work from 10 to 2, blah. but i guess we're supposed to have a "singles" party for one of the girls here who's engaged, ashley, tomorrow night too, which is like the christian equivalent of a bachelorette party. so we'll see how that goes. hmm...what else....i still need a lot more money to pay for my outreach and the rest of my schooling here. i've been praying a lot, multiple times a day about it. and i'm trying to think of things that i could do to raise money, so if anybody has any ideas, let me know. besides that i'm waiting on God. so, the itunes store doesn't work down here and it's really annoying. i downloaded the new version this morning, and i got the store to work then, but for some reason its not working now, and i want to buy some music. ahhh, it's so frustrating. i really want some amy grant. haha. overall i am doing well, but i'm starting to get this throat, coughy thing, so if you could pray that i won't get sick right before outreach i would really appreciate it. and also if you could keep my financial situation in your prayers that would be wonderful too. that is all for now, i will do my best to update again before i leave for outreach. and also, i think i am taking my computer with me to england, but not to thailand, so hopefully i will be able to still keep in contact there. 

love.