3 DAYS

Hey everyone!!!
As you all can tell I'm not the best at getting on here everyday!! but I promise once I'm over there I will be hopefully updating everyday! with pictures and all!!! I can not believe i leave in 3 days!! This is all so crazy to me!! I just remember my mom asking me what I thought about going to Kyrgyzstan.... and it seems like that was just yesterday!!! I am so excited!! and a little anxious also!! Yesterday I was just doing a lot of thinking... and I was just thinking about the kids I am going to see. They all have it so hard... and I just broke down thinking about it. I am so lucky to have what i have and to be where I am! I am so grateful for all I have. I hope I some how in some way can change these kids aspects on life, or just even give them a fun week... which they so very much deserve!!! I have a feeling once I'm over in Kyrgyzstan with these children.. that I'm not going to want to come back!!! I'm so excited to see there faces finally!!! We have so many fun things planned to do while I'm over there!!! I can't wait!!!! I'll prob update on thursday again right before I leave!! Keep me in your thoughts on Friday as I travel to the other side of the world!!! <3 lots of love!!!

18 days!!!!

Hey everyone!!! It's been awhile! i'm sure you are all dying to hear the newest happenings!! Well the first thing I would love to share is that I have officially raised enough money to go over seas and even enough to build an entire play ground!! I am so excited! i know that this will bring so much joy to the children!! This is something that will stay with them even after I leave!!! I am also looking to take the kids to an amusement park one of the days!! we are still trying to get more money so I can do as much possible as I can!! everything is just falling into place!! I love it!! I have also booked my flights!! I am going with a group of college students from illinois!! I will be leaving MAY 8TH (18DAYS) Which is not very far away!!! I am also excited about our flight plans... they are very nice and not too many lay overs!! which is a beautiful thing!! I will be flying from cleveland to chicago to london to Kyrgyzstan!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah!!! I'm pumped about the London part!! I know I won't be able to see the city! but atleast I'll be able to say I was there! and hear there cool accents!! ha ah! :) Well I will be posting a lot more starting now!! since there is so much happening all at once!!! Thanks everyone for all the help and encouragement!! It means so much!! Love you all!!!!!!

Wow things are coming along!

Today I spoke at Stone Creek Community Church... I told them about why, when and where I am going! which is obviously Kyryzstan and because I wanna show these kids as much love as I possibly can! I am so excited for this trip! I got some amazing donations today! These are going to get me that next step closer to my trip and to these kids hearts! Thank you everyone who is supporting me! I will need all the support I can get! I am hoping that I will soon get travel dates from the group I will be traveling with! I'll keep you posted!! :)


all my love,

Alisha <3

waiting

wow... so who would have thought waiting could be so hard! We have recently come to found that there may be other girls traveling to kyrgyzstan when I do... So we are waiting it out right now to get the details... mean while I really can't do much! and well it's kind of driving me crazy! but I am so excited about this trip! and can't wait!! I'm just waiting... waiting for everything to fall into place!

It's just the beggining!

Hey everyone! Wow everything has happened so fast! within the past five hours I have decided to go to Kyrgyzstan! I don't know how exactly everything is going to work out, but for some reason I just know it is! I am very excited and also a bit nervous! One of the main reasons I am going to Kyrgyzstan is because my little brother Andrew is from there! My family has adopted him, and he has changed my life in so many ways, but Kyrgyzstan is a very poor country and most of the people there are in a great economical and health crisis. I'm not sure who I'm traveling with yet, or when I'm leaving, so I will post when I know more!!!! <3