14 days until training starts

James is so excited about getting his service dog. He kept asking if his special mail has come yet. A few days before a training class begins the person receiving the service dog receives a special email from the dog they are matched with. The email reads like the dog wrote it and includes pictures of the dog. James was asking so often about his email that I made a deal with him. IF he did not ask me to check my email again until June 10th I would get him a new Thomas the Tank track set. Now he walks around giving us the count down until we leave for training. This little loophole is driving me crazy, but at least he is not nagging me all day to check my email.

I have to admit I am checking the email several times a day looking for it and am getting both excited and nervous. We have tried not to get our hearts set on any one dog. We know because the dog will be assisting in mobility that it will be a large dog. But what breed, sex or color we have no clue until the email comes.

We are still trying to raise the rest of the money to cover the cost of our 12 day hotel stay, meals and gas. I have turned it all over to God. I believe he would not have taken us on this journey without a positive outcome at the end. Our vision of that outcome is James getting his dog. I can only pray that I understand Gods plan in this journey and it is the same.