I am on a plane to Kenya.
I am going to be in Kenya very soon.
I will be in Kenya
for one month.
I will be in Africa
for three months.
Three months.
My hope is that as I type those out in kindergarten style
sentences, something will actually click in my head and I might just start to
realize it. Hasn’t worked so far.
I’m overwhelmed. Too overwhelmed to really care how long
this plane flight is or what time we arrive in Kenya. Thank God there are
people around me who know when we get to Kenya, where we’re going when we get
there and how to get from point A to point B. I couldn’t do it right now. The
thankfulness I have in my heart for those who are ministering by serving this
squad…it’s also overwhelming. So shout out to Justin, Tom and Casey, our
logistics team. I couldn’t have done it today. Thank you. Seriously. (Yes,
you’re on this plane right now and I could go find you and say that…but I’m
melting into my seat and not planning on moving.) Ugh, I’m trying to figure out
how to do a shout out to everyone that I’m overwhelmingly thankful for right
now. It’s gonna turn into a blog. Yeah, I’m going for it.
O squad leaders-right, like I’m gonna actually be able to
explain the depths of my ‘thank you’ and ridiculous love I have for you as a
family. (I can only imagine the teasing I’m gonna get for this. Bring it.) But
seriously…I have never been in a place where I’ve felt such a ridiculous (can I
get a point for everytime I use that in a blog?) amount of support from people
I barely know.
P.S. from Kenya: I don’t know much, but I know I love you. And that may be all
I need to know…while 9 people are sitting on the top of two bunk beds.
To the rest of my amazingly large, loving, crazy, supportive
O squad family-you rock. Seriously. It’s ridiculous. I remember looking around
the other night and trying to remember all the “thank you for…� that I was
feeling at the moment. It didn’t work. I’ve remembered a few but not nearly
enough. I have a family around me who has walked with me through the amazing,
intense, unifying, challenging, incredible, and unbelievable last week. I’m
glad that in the middle of trying to process everything that’s gone on, I’m
still surrounded by those who know. We’re gonna do this thing.
