Officially purchased my ticket to Beijing! I will be leaving on the 11th of July and coming back the 30th of July! So very excited!!!!!!! :D I still have 150 coupons to sell, for money inside the country and for the orphanage. So please contact me if you would like a coupon! The orphanage needs some simple necessities, if you could go to their sight http://www.morningstarproject.org/  and donate, it would help a great deal with their everyday expenses! Thank you to everyone who has helped me I really appreciate it! I'll keep you updated on the sale of the coupons, and once I get inside the country. Please pray for the orphanage and for a safe flight! Thanks again! Can't wait to see this in person! 

I only need $100 more dollars before I can buy my plane ticket. Haven't sold all of my coupons yet, but I need to buy a plane ticket fast before they are all sold out!!! Once I have my ticket I can just focus on raising money for when I'm in the country. Thanks to everyone for your help! Please tell your friends and family, and ask them if they can donate! Thank you!

$625!!! I'm getting closer!! (: thanks to everyone who bought a coupon or donated today!!!!! It really means a lot to me. I called some airlines again to check on their standby passes, and from what I was told, I can only get a standby pass through an employee. So hopefully I can get one from my coach still! If not then my ticket would be $1,500 :( so please pray that I can get one from him, or in some way I can get a discount on a ticket. Thanks a bunch everyone! I'll update you again soon. I have a girls vs. boys soccer game tomorrow so that should be lots of fun. (: Hopefully friday I can go out again and get even closer to my goal. Thanks again!

Have everything set to go for my visa! Now if only my printer had some ink in it I could send it off now! I'm going up to my school early to see if I can print off the application there so I can send it off early today! In order to get a standby ticket, I have to go up to the flight counter at he airport, the day of. So right now, I'm trying to find someone who will give me an estimate on how much that is going to be. Lynsay informed me that Bill paid $675 the last time he flew on standby. If it only costs that much then I only need $140 more for the ticket. That is such a huge price reduce! I was planing on paying $1,500 for a ticket! I'm hoping that the prices haven't gone up for standby! If I can get a ticket that cheap it would be a HUGE blessing! Then the money I will have saved can help me survive in the country, and any I have left over goes to the orphanage! Win-win situation! (: I'm so, very, extremely excited! Thanks again to everyone who have purchased a coupon or donated. Couldn't have done this without you!
I'm still selling coupons so of anyone would like one, please email me at aubrey_joy15@yahoo.com! Thanks!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late update! Went to the development, and I know have $535 in coupon money. I' officially over a third of the way there!!! Applying for my visa this week, and then I'll be getting my plane ticket. I'm so very excited for this trip. Please pray that I can raise some more money with the coupons. Any extra money that I have left over from my trip, goes towards the orphanage. Thanks to everyone who has helped support me, I really appreciate it. Bless you all! I will be going out to more developments around wednesday. Finals week is fast approaching, so I'm trying to finish up as much school-work as possible today and tomorrow so I can just focus on raising money in these last couple weeks. Thanks again!