Approved!

So yesterday I ran a few checks down to BigStuf and met Suzanne. My trip is paid for! But don't worry for those of you who can and want to still help. I have put in way over $600 into shots, medicine, passport fees, ect. If you feel the need to give still, which I am so so so so so thankful and in awe at all the people that have help me in my dream and journey to Africa. It is surreal. It makes me feel so special to know that you guys have got my back!
Love!
-Trent

The Dog-Gone Slow Passport Services!

So today I decided to check to see where the heck my passport is since I am leaving in less than 12 days. So I spent about 30 min. waiting for a representative that told me that it is in New Orleans. They processed my processing fee all the way at the beginning of March and they didn't find 8 weeks to send it to me? So they are extraditing (sp?) it today so that I will hopefully get my passport in the next 7 days.
(Bites Nails)
-Trent

Feeling Nothing at all Like Donald Trump

(Sent by email today)
Hello One and All!
I am about 14 days out from heading to Africa and I need your help! Some of you guys have already helped me out tremendously financially. I cannot thank you guys enough for the money and prayers you have given me. If you have not sent help financially, don't think it is too late. Our group has almost reached our $72,000 goal, but we still need $29,000 more dollars. I am halfway to my goal of $3,600. I have made $1,645. I have to have $3,600 to my leader Suzanne Barber on Monday May 7th. Please help many in any way possible. I have attached my personal letter that I sent to 40 of you guys. In there it talks about my dream to go to Africa (now about to be fulfilled) and how God has taken me places I have never gone before in my Journey. Please check out my blog at: http://www.trentsbigstufjourney.blogspot.com. There you'll be able to see my preparations and see what I experience during and after the trip. This is a trip of a lifetime, and a serious dream of mine.

Here is how you can help me reach my goal:
1. Give me a call at 678-779-6406 and tell me to drive and pick up a check.
2. Call and tell me you will UPS or mail it to BigStuf Thurs. (Fri. morning at latest).
3. Can send a money order.
4. Can give spare change (any would help)
5. TAX RETURNS! :)

If you can send a check or cash send it to:
Big Stuf Camps
35 Old Canton Street
Alpharetta, GA 30004
ATTN: Journey
(On the memo line only write JOURNEY! If I didn't send you a letter please also put in the envelope a piece of paper with my name on it!)

Call me any time of the day if you have any questions or want to hear me explain why I am going to Africa and what we will be doing!

Love you guys and Thanks for all the support so far!
-Trent

14 Days?!

I can't believe I am 14 days away from leaving. I go to train on the 14,15, and 16th, and then we fly out on the 17th. I have started to get everything together and with work and all the stuff going on at church, life has been CRAZY(but in a good way!). Thanks to so many of you who have donated to my trip. It is never too late to send financial help (I still need it).

Love you guys!
-Trent

A New Decade.

So it is great to be twenty! I was ready to get out of the teenage years, not that it was bad, but it was time. God has great plans for me, and I think this decade is going to blow my mind. And to begin it, I am going to Africa...WOW! It is about 3 weeks until I go and I am getting more and more excited/anxious as the days draw near. I am about halfway to my $3,600 goal. I still have a ways to go, but so many of you guys have been gracious. It is not too late to help me out financially. I need money in by May 6th. I've been trying to figure out how to prepare for a trip this monumental, but really, there is no way. So I've decided to just be me...no more and no less. That is what God wants. He doesn't want me faking my faith. He wants the authentic Trent. I am not the best Christian. I don't ready the Bible every day. There are days I don't talk to God. I struggle with my self image. I worry ALOT. I get stressed easily. But I love God. I trust Him more each day. I love unconditionally. I am optimistic in the most pessimistic places. I am easily WOWed. I smile constantly. I dance all the time. I laugh. I listen. I know when to be still. That is me. No more and no less. And I give it to God knowing He can and will use it all more than I ever could.

:)
-Trent

I Guess this is Goodbye...

One of my great friends died last night on her way home to Arkansas. She fell asleep at the wheel. It hurts to hear stuff like that. It really does feel like a wave hits you and you don't cry, you sob. Danaea was the most determined girl I have EVER known. She had everything together and was thankful for it. She loved Ukraine. She loved her family. She loved us, her friends. She was optimistic. She encouraged me...in fact, her last words to me were encouragement for me going to Africa. "It will be a life-changing experience for you Trent" she said. I know it will. This trip will be dedicated to you Danaea. I love you and I will miss you.

April's Here!

WOW. I am about 5 weeks out from heading over to Africa. I think I am still in shock. With shots down and all my medical stuff going to insurance to hopefully get reimbursed, I am waiting for my passport to get in. I have been reading up on Kenya and of course the good 'ole Bible. I am frusterated as to what I should be reading and how I should be preparing. Praying? Yes. More? Heck, yes. But how can I get myself more prepared? Suggestions are good.. You can leave an anonymous comment with advice. I guess I am sort of scared because I don't think I am the best Christian. I look at some of these other people going, and I am all like "WOW! It seems they are so much of a better Christian than I am". Maybe being me is all that God is asking...He can handle the rest.

Thanks to those of you who have sent in support. I am starting to get updates and we have still a long way to go!

-Trent