Tennesse team member- Leah mcCarroll

well, it's now only 1 month until we go, and i cannot believe how close it's getting. i remember when mrs. chris asked me back in december if i'd like to go with them to Ukraine in the summer, i couldn't believe it! my heart has always been for Ukraine and it's people. i've been there 2 times before, but i haven't been there since 2004, and i really didn't know when i would get the chance to go again. my first thoughts when i was invited was, yes of course!! i missed the place very much and i wanted to go back very much, but my mom reminded me that i must pray about it, and of course, being the practical mother she is.....she reminded me that at the moment i did not have the finances. i had $300 i'd been saving for the next time i went, hardly enough to cover all the costs. but i had no doubt that if i really was supposed to go, that God would cover the costs for me. so i began to pray earnestly, and i really began to feel a peace about it. so i stepped out in faith, i renewed my passport and bought a plane ticket. i still don't have all the money yet, but i have no doubt that it will come.
i'm super excited to stay with a local family in Lviv also....i've never stayed with a Ukrainian family, but i love the people there, and it will be such a great oppertunity for me to practice my Russian and Ukrainian speaking!! please pray for me to remember my vocabulary and grammar hahah! also that God would use me, and the whole team, to do HIS work, and that our own agenda's wouldn't be put ahead of His.