Here We Come

Boy. I cannot believe this is already here. Obviously, I'd blocked this from my mind to a certain extent because there were so many other huge things I had to worry about before May 30 (i.e. Concerts...Graduation...) Yet now all of that is over, and Africa is coming so quickly. Of course, I'm excited...extremely excited! But also very nervous. Having never gone on any significant mission trips, diving into one as big as this has certainly got me wondering what to expect.

I am absolutely positive that this will be an incredible experience. Yet a lot of other things are on my mind, and too many of them don't involve God the way I'd like them to. I'm worried about what all I'll be missing back home. I'm hoping that my mind doesn't get stuck on this kind of thing. Like my mom, I can be very task oriented sometimes, and I don't want to get trapped thinking about all the things I'll have to do when I'm back home.

I think my biggest hope for this trip is to affect someone the way I know I will be affected. I don't want to go there, big, bad Americans with our guns blazing, leave, and be changed forever, yet leave the people of Mwandi wondering what just happened. I'm confident that I will not come back to Colorado on June 13 the same person that I am now. There's no way around that. I'm hoping and praying that our visit results in a similarly life-changing experience for the people I encounter there. Yikes... this is too unreal!