update:
heading to puli tomorrow. found out the girl teaching english with me has been in taiwan since the end of may. second testimony is still non-existent in paper form, though there's bits of it floating about in my head. haven't played bass or practiced with the team and won't get to until i'm there. getting on the bus for puli at 6:20am (5:20pm today stateside). this means i'm going in almost completely unprepared and with no idea what i'm going to be doing. so, if things don't turn out disastrously on my part, it'll be all God's doing... (maybe He's doing this on purpose?) please continue praying for me, 'cause i'm going to need it. here's a quick recap:

-team unity
-sensitivity to God's guidance and the people's needs
-health
-good turnout for the youth/college camp and english class
-God's continued working in our hearts and theirs
-God's help with preparation/organization
-true life changing impact for everyone involved

thanks, everyone :)

update:
this is the last update before i leave tomorrow and probably the last one until after i arrive in taiwan. due to a stroke of extreme stupidity/forgetfulness/obliviousness, i'm not going to have power on the plane... except for my 2 and a half hour battery (the trip is about 14 hours). i was going to get an adapter that would let me plug in on the plane at least for the longer ride on the Continental flight from US to japan, but here i am, adapter-less and best buy is closed... rawr! guess that means i'll have to be much more creative in occupying my time (and my sister's). i think my mom's a little disappointed too... the idea was to watch dvds on my laptop or something. *sigh* anyway.. enough upset ranting. here's the real update...

funds: $270 ... craziness!!!!! that's from five college kids!! (sorry... you're all older than me... except jet ... haha! :P ) and what's more... every single one of you who got a letter (and some people who didn't) are all praying for me! thanks, friends. it really does mean a lot to me to know all my friends are praying for me. as panicked as i am ... it makes me feel better... and reminds me i'm surrounded by spiritual support. :)

prayer requests are about the same, with two additions:
- i still haven't heard back from my co-teacher of english. i don't know anything about what we're gonna do with that and no idea where she is either. we're going to be teaching college students at a university somewhere... so it'd be nice to have some prep.
- i'm genuinely concerned that playing bass will be physically challenging for me... those things are heavy! if you didn't know, i have some mild back problems. i'm worried that i won't be able to handle having a bass draped over my shoulder for that long.

thanks again, everyone. looking forward to seeing you all again, whenever (and wherever) that might be.

update:
total funds: $160
"not much" says my friend... but she's right when she says it'll at least get me a couple meals in TW :P (probably more than a couple, actually) and it's plenty considering all of my supporters are college kids... hehe. thanks friends. i still haven't finished the last testimony or learned the evangelism techniques yet :\ *looks at ground* on the other hand, i'm probably bringing my laptop up to TW with me, so i'll be able to keep you all updated a little while longer. i doubt i'll be able to go online from Puli, but judging from my lack of knowledge of any goings on there, who knows? it'll be awesome if i can. :) hasn't been that long since my last update, so the prayer requests are still the same.

thanks again friends :)