Tori has left on her extended mission trip and the past week has been busy in preparation for her flight. Here she is multi-tasking like any young person her age, keeping up on Facebook while texting and writing thank you notes to the kind people who have sent in donations to sponsor her.
She is making a sacrifice in that her computer had to be left at home since she really isn't allowed to have it. She will only be able to have access to her phone for 20 minutes per day. That is going to set up a painful withdrawal as Tori averages about 100 text messages a day.
For the past week I have noticed her spending special time with her beloved cats.Her biggest hope is that Duchess will still be alive when she gets home. Duchy is over 11 years old and is an outdoor cat.
Tori has made sure that Duchess and Princess are in the garage every night to protect them from predators.We will continue to do this while she is gone.
Here she is on her last day at home feeding Duchess a special meal of canned food that she had purchased.
She had been packing for a few weeks and handled it all on her own. She is very organized and independent and neither needed nor wanted any help in packing.
The young man that she has befriended joined us for dinner a few nights before she left. His advice to her was that if she was going to grow closer to the Lord, the trip would be worth it.
On her last night at home, we had a party and her best friend Lynnie was able to join us to say Good-bye. Lynnie, also, will soon be going into texting withdrawal since Tori will not have her phone!
The group went to Walmart to buy refreshments and had a good time while at the store and after they got back.
We will miss her and ask everyone to please pray for her often as she undertakes this opportunity to carry the message of God's Love and Mercy to young Catholics.
Please help her, Dear Lord, to know your Holy Will, and we beg of You to give her the strength to carry it out. Amen.
