Just found out this week that Dh and Ds#1 will going on a 2 week mission trip to Pacullpa, Peru in October. Dh has been there 4 times before, this will be my son's first time away anywhere except camp. This is with a friend that has organized the previous trips at our old church, and his new pastor at the church he now attends.
Because it is short notice however we are suddenly in a rush for passports. Dh's expired last january, and ds needs one. The reason for the rush, as of last night, was they cannot search for plane ticket prices or reserve them without passport numbers. So now the trip is hld up because of us yikes....Dh and ds need to find a time to get to walmart for the Passport photos (ds is working all weekend), then get to the county clerk on Monday and order an expediated Passport which will be another $50 on top of the $100 regular fee, so i've heard.
Then usually plane tickets in the past have been around $1500 per person.
The pastor of our church said the church will financially support them, but I don't know yet if that means the whole amount or a portion.
Then there's the shots, which i don't think MIChild will cover for my son because when we had insurance they wouldn't cover dh's. i can't remember how much that is, I'm thinking like $100 or so.
So I'm excited and nervous at the same time and trusting God to provide the funds to make the trip possible, as i know we don't have it.
