I really wanted to go to Thailand or China, but the thing is that the prices for these places are outrageously high - $1000 and $1400 respectively. I'm not exactly the richest person alive and as it is, my family has money enough to spare for say, the camps me and my brother attend (which are like, $100-200 each, so ya).

But a trip costing a bomb like this is insanely expensive, especially with the turbulent economy and all that boomz. When I first asked my dad last week if I indicate Thailand and China as my choices, my mum objected immediately because we wouldn't have enough money to pay off the thousand-dollar trips. But the really awesome part came when my dad remembered that a few days ago, he had bought a lottery ticket (he's not an obsessive lottery person, but he just bought for the fun of it I think).

So he went ahead to check the draw results online, AND MY DAD ACTUALLY STRUCK THE LOTTERY! It wasn't a huge sum compared to the jackpot of $1.5m, but it was good enough, so much so the remaining money can even cover the EJ5 camp fees (even if I got chosen for China).

So like my mum said, if we really did strike then she'll allow me to go, so yay I put down the choices and handed my form to my FT this Monday.

But afterward, I found out from the teacher-i/c of the whole overseas trip thing (while she was asking us class chairpersons to settle some admin) that Thailand and China were totally overbooked, so the chances that those who chose the two would not be selected were pretty high. Even the teacher i/c of the Thailand trip said that literally half of the level put Thailand as one of their choices, but only 40 people can go for it.

But anyway, the list of people going for each trip was posted up today, and yeah I WAS ONE OF THE 40 SELECTED TO GO THAILAND!

You know I really feel so blessed by Abba. The last time I sowed for Miracle Seed Sunday, I sowed $10. Abba totally surpassed the 30-fold and 60-fold, and even 100-fold! Instead He blessed me with more than 150 times the amount of money I sowed, which is awesome!

I think the really awesome thing is that you are never too young to sow, and you are never too young to receive the awesome blessings our Daddy God has for us. And He even blesses us via things some people see as 'bad' - the lottery is well-known for causing many to become obsessed and lose lots of money via buying tickets, but because ALL things were created by God, He can even use that to bless us!

And it's really awesome because it's not like as though this trip is anything I NEED, but it's something I WANT, yet Abba Father blessed me so richly and abundantly with more than I need or could ever think of. :D

Truly He is mighty and awesome and loves us so so so so much! Even though it's well over half a year, I finally got my harvest from the seed I had sown, and truly it is a huge blessing to me and my family. :D:D:D

♥, Sabrina. :D