whoooOOOOA, livin' on prayer!
(thanks to Bon Jovi for those immortal words, quite appropriate for this momentous blog posting)
I got some happy news this week that the regional staff decreased the support goals for the Berlin team. This little miracle is due in part to the fact that my sweet teammates who were there last year snagged us apartments that were cheaper than expected and some other random developments. That means that my newly calculated current total is 50 percent!
I have this great (dorky?) hand-traced map on my wall with a thick line between Evanston, Illinois and Berlin that I fill in with red pen bit by bit as I get closer to my goal, so according to that very scientific tool, I am just east of Greenland. I admit to any possible nerdiness about this, but I think it's really cool and tangible way to watch God provide my support. Plus, it's just fun coloring in the line as more and more comes in.