Enrolled!

Wow! So... I sent off my downpayment last week for college. (Includes my first semester tuition and all 3 years of my healthcare). I received my certificate of enrollment from the college today, officially an up-coming student! (This is soo cool, and nerve-racking! It's becoming soo real!) Anyways, I have to have these certificates to get my visa.. but now I have to wait for my passport to come in before I can apply for it. I ended up with a little over $400 dollars from the doughnuts and some donations during the fundraiser (obviously some people don't eat "those things!"... haha... they don't know what they are missing!) Since last Wednesday, I've continued to receive some larger donations, so I now have enough to pay for my Visa (which is approx. $500). So, the yardsale this saturday will go towards my plane ticket. We serve an awesome God!

Thank you all for everything!

Doughnuts.

Well, the doughnut fundraiser is over, and I raised approx. $300.00. Not too bad I guess. I still have a ways to go, but now I'm working on the yardsale on October 3rd. Hopefully it will be a success! Got any junk to donate!? :)

With my savings, donations, and doughnut money (and mom let me borrow some :)) I now have enough to pay my downpayment for classes.. I can now get my certificate of enrollment (which I need in order to get my Visa.) I will also be getting more information about my accomodations for while I'm in Australia.

Faith Has No Backup Plan

So far, my adventure has been one full of faith. I've always had a lot of faith, but It seems, now that I look back at my life, it seems like I've always had a backup plan. Therefore if I were to far out on that branch and it broke, I would have something to fall on... something that I have waiting there instead of relying on God to catch me. Well, I decided at the last moment in August that I wanted to attend Hillsong College. It was only days before the school I was enrolled in, CSU, took in for the 2009-10 school year. I talked with my mom, I decided that It was something I wanted to do. I thank Ashley so much for her inspiring words, "let tomorrow happen tomorrow, instead focus on today." I've always tried to plan everything out and try and see what will happen. So, I jumped, I withdrew from CSU, meaning I lose all of my scholarships... in other words, "No turning back." Now, this was before I got my acceptance letter back from Hillsong. Those were the most nerve racking weeks of my life, waiting to get a response from the school. The fear of becoming a bum was very realistic! :) Well, God's will is always perfect, and I got the letter!! Where I'll get the money to pay for school, healthcare, food, plane ticket, and everything.... well, I have no clue, but I know now that this IS what God has planned for me, and Im just along for the ride! Isn't our God SOO GREAT!

I encourage you all to take a chance, get really far out on that branch.. and know that He will catch you if you fall... Don't try and have something waiting to fall on. :)

Movie Night

So, I've been doing some research tonight on the internet, and I now have my top 5 list of movies coming out that I have to see... I can't wait! Ok, here they are...

1. Where the Wild Things are
2. Toy Story 3
3. Airborn (I loved this book!)
4. Cloverfield 2
5. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (just because I'm curious, not a big Tim Burton fan)

PS. What a random blog! :)

Hey, It's Dustin C. Kinard and this is my new blog! Alright, now that we cleared that up, I wanted to let you all know that I've decided to start blogging so I can let you all in on what's going on in my life. I have some new, strange, and exciting things happening, and I wanted to share them with you all. So, Wednesday I applied for my passport.. o yeah, In case you don't know, Im going to Australia in January for school. I plan to be there 3 years in order to get my advanced degree in Children's Ministry. I attended Charleston Southern University last year, but felt higher callings in my life. I have gotten my acceptance letter from Hillsong (the school in Australia) and returned my papers. Now I'm in the process of fundraising so I can get there. Doughnuts are on sale now, and the fundraiser yard sale is Oct. 3. I've had such great support from my family and church family so far.. I know that if this is God's will, I will collect what it is I need to get there. This was a spur of the moment thing to apply for Hillsong, so don't ask why... It's a God thing! :)