Whew! 3 Days Left!!

Welp... 3 days left and I think that I am going to go CRAZY!!!!!!! AHHHH!!! We have packed a lot of stuff and that's good... I was really emotional in church this morning... basically because I feel like everybody thinks that they will never see me again!! I'm like, "I'M ONLY GONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE!!!" I am really glad that my best friend Ryan came over to my house today, I really needed some encouragement and I also needed to see him!! (for those of you who don't know, he lives in Bloomington, IL. kinda far....) I was also sad because there are too many "lasts" lately... like: my last school day, my last time being with my friends, my last church service etc. It kinda goes back to the "I'm only gone for a little while" thing... does it make sense for me to feel safe while going to Rwanda with my whole family, and still feel lonely?? That's how I am feeling right now, lonely... but I don't really know why! I have an idea though, that is that even though my parents and siblings are going with me, I won't have anyone else that's close to me, close to me!! It is a terrible feeling... I know that I am very excited to grow closer to new people, while I am there, but I also know that I will miss the feeling of home that I get from my best friends... I think it is rather ironic that the sermon in church today was about lonliness, and what a key aspect of getting out of it, was reaching out to people. So right now, I am reaching out to you, I would like to ask you to comment me. Just a little "hi there and hello" or "I'm thinking of you" would be wonderful.

May Christ be with you always,

~*YAmber LynnY*~

Well !Hola! Peoples!!

Well, howdy there! Right now my friend Andrea is over! FUNNESS!!!! I have laughed so hard that my stomach hurts!!!!!!! Today is Tuesday, and holy cheese am I happy!! :) I only have 5 more days of school left and 2 of them are spent on no school days and a field trip to 6 Flags Great America!! ALSO FUNNESS!! Andrea is excited to go on the rides with me! I told her that i wouldn't go on the Giant Drop though... I AM 'FRAID OF THAT RIDE!!!!!! Now to talk about Africa:
It is still really super hard to believe I am going... but, one thing that makes me extremely excited (<-- and sort of doesn't have a lot to do with Africa, but I like it and this is my blog, so what the heck!) is that the day that my whole class is graduating on June 1st, and that is the day that my family will be in London, England before 12 hrs. as a layover! So, basically I will be graduating whilst in England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSS!!! I don't know how I'm supposed to prepare myself spiritually, mentally, even physically to be in Rwanda!! My family and I have been walking as much as we can to somewhat prepare physically... One thing that I am certain I will enjoy is the Women's Conference that GFR is having for the Rwandan wormen who have been abused and survived the genocide. I think I am looking forward to that so much because I want to go into college for couneling for young women who have been abused or don't have good families, stuff like that...! Well, have a good day!! I am going to watch American Idol with Drea Drea!!! :))))))))

~*YAmber LynnY*~

Hello Everyone!! Welcome to my loverly blog!!

Following in my mom's footsteps, I have started a blog! I decided to create it today because I wanted a before, during, and after sort of thing...! So, anyways, we haven't even started packing our clothes yet!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! Life is pretty much insane now, today I kept repeating to myself and friends that I am going to Africa next week!!! It is sooo hard to believe!! I don't think I will actually be able to grasp it until a few days after I am already there! For those of you that I have told about my nose-piercing, prepare for disappointment!! My mom was talking to a lady about it and it isn't legal until I am 16 with a drivers license!! WOW! Good thing I didn't even TRY to prepare for that mentally! When I would talk about it with my mom, I would freak out just thinking about it!! I think that I am a saps...! OH WELL!!!! That's fine with me! *laughs* well, I have school tomorrow, and it is 9:17, so I should probably go to bed now... *sigh* "Goodnight, parting is such sweet sorrow..."!!!!!!!!!!! (<--- HA! Do I make you laugh? Cause I think I just made myself laugh with that one!!!) PLEASE, feel free to give as many comments as you like!!

~*YAmber LynnY*~