Before it All Begins

So, I sit here before it all begins and I think to myself, "Wow."

I know you may have been expecting a more exciting revelation but that really just sums it all up. I cannot believe that a year has passed since I was preparing to go to Taiwan and this year I find myself at the precipice of a whole new adventure!

I tend to get the same reaction from people when I tell them that I am going to the Congo this summer. "The Congo?!" they respond with shock... "well aren't you scared?!" And to be honest no...I'm not. Our bible study is currently reading through the book Fearless by Max Lucado, and I have realized that I'm very quick to worry about the small things in life, but the big things I'm a lot more relaxed about. I know that God has everything under control. :)

Right now our team is in the middle of fund-raising and preparing outings to go and get all our immunizations. I'm encouraged about the group that God has brought together, we are diverse but we seem to all fit together perfectly. Honestly, we're like a puzzle, where every piece is different but we all fit together to make a wonderful picture, and I love it.

We leave in about two months for our six week journey, and it's so exciting! I hope to write in here up to the date we leave on our trip as well as once or twice while we are there...though I'm not sure about what our internet access will be like. :)