Getting closer!

Hey guys!! I can't even believe that I'm leaving to go to Mississippi in five days! I'm getting excited and nervous and a bit confused at how I'm supposed to pack everything...but I guess that last part is nothing new for me. haha But I'm so excited to get to work, I can't wait to see what the Lord has planned for all of our summers! The plan as of now is for me to leave sometime Friday afternoon to drive to Nick's house in Ellsworth, WI - about a 6 hour drive. I'll spend the night there to split up the driving a little bit, then I'll leave my car at his house all summer, and we'll head out in his car to pick up Katie in southeastern Iowa, about another 5-6 hours. Then down to Pass Christian (hereafter, The Pass) which is 13-15 hours from Katie's house. We'll be driving through the night so we can get there by our appointed time on Sunday, May 21. That's one prayer request - safe travels! And that we can mesh well together...haha - even the best of friends get frustrated when they're in the car that long! I'm not worried about that, though. So that's what's up with me for now.
In case you're wondering why I want to do this, I think it's a lot because of what these verses from Isaiah 61 sum up. God has plans to use us all in such HUGE ways! It's kind of long...but it fits SO perfectly, especially in terms of the work I will be doing.
"1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Aliens will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the LORD,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.
8 "For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and iniquity.
In my faithfulness I will reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed."
10 I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise
spring up before all nations.