Missions Update

Hey everyone! I thought I'd let y'all know what our group that's going on the missions trip has been up to.
Well first, our group had grown from 8 people to 12, praise the Lord! I'm thrilled at all the people that are willing to go and serve the Lord in South Africa :)
We had our first missions meeting a week ago. Things are still in limbo concerning the prices of tickets and the exact date, but we do know it's going to be in the end of June, or beginning of July, and right now it looks like the tickets are going to be a little bit more expensive than we wanted to pay, around $1,500.00. We're trying to see if we can get them for $1,000.00-$1,200.00. We would appreciate your prayers concerning this :)
We figured out that we need to raise $2,000.00 each, half of it ourselves and the other half as a group. Thanks to donations from family and friends I have gotten very close to my goal. I have received $700.00 in donations and have raise almost $200.00 on my own!! God is good! I have to admit that $2,000.00 sounded like too much to raise but God is teaching me faith, and I am putting everything in His hands. Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes!
Have a blessed day :) In His Service,
Rachel