Preparations for the Adventure.... :)

   So a few weeks ago, my grandma came home, and she said to me, "Nathan (Nathan Clements, the new Associate Director at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp) is putting together a trip of ten 18 to 25 year olds to go to Bolivia next summer. You should e-mail him." I had met Nathan a couple of weeks before this, I was in Helena for a convention and he was there for some other thing, he was leaving as I was arriving, and my grandma had met him before and introduced us. So I kind of mulled over this information for a couple of days, trying to decide if it was something I should do at this point in my life, but then I said to myself, "Jasmine, you're going to be 25 years old in December, you've never done anything like this before, you've never gone out of the country without any of your family members, and when are you ever going to get this opportunity again? It's time for you to have an adventure." So I thought about it for a couple of days, but I e-mailed Nathan, and a couple days later I heard back from Nathan and I am officially part of the group. I don't know all of the details yet, Nathan said he would let me know details when he knows them, but I do know that Nathan is leading the trip, Justin Eller, the ELCA Regional Representative in Southern South America, is coordinating the trip, and he and his wife are actually missionaries that the church that I belong to supports, and I met him once when he came for a visit. I don't know an exact cost yet, but the brochure that Nathan sent me says that the estimated cost will be between $2,250.00 and $2,500.00. I don't exactly have that kind of money just lying around, so I will be having a whole bunch of fundraisers between now and July so that I can raise enough money to go on this trip. I will be sending out a mass letter hopefully soon after the first of the year, so if you want me to have your address please send me an e-mail at jazzy_1988@hotmail.com, or message me on Facebook, or text me or call me at 406-283-1397. I will be updating this blog as I find out new information, so follow it if you'd like, and I will also be updating it while in Bolivia as long as I have internet access down there. I'm currently working on getting my passport and I am busy with another project which will keep me busy until pretty close to the end of this year, and then Advent is coming up, and Christmas, and my 25th birthday is also just a few weeks away, so the first fundraiser probably won't be until early January, but I will keep you posted. I also have a bank account set up for the money I raise towards the trip, and I am accepting donations, and my address is

Jasmine Allen
306 Education Way Apt. 7
Libby, MT 59923