You did WHAT while I was gone?!?!

I was out of town all last week for my uncle Randy's funeral (thanks mom and dad for the plane ticket). Last Saturday my church had a fundraiser for their team's trip to Bolivia this summer, but I missed it. They had a talent show, dessert auction, and live auction. They were going to surprise me the night of the auction, but had to wait a week and surprise me today! One of the items to auction off was vacation time in the cabin in North Carolina that is owned by one of the church members. The surprise was that they had decided not to auction it for the team, but that all procedes from this particular item would go towards sending me to language school!! And they raised $1800!!!!!!!!!!!! I am absolutely floored. The opportunity to go to language school, to actually know and speak spanish, will completely revolutionize my ministry. The chance to go to school is something that I have definitely wanted, but never expected to actually be possible. I still don't think that I have a good grasp on the reality of this.