We were asked to write a blog about how we felt before leaving on this mission trip. Here is what I’m expecting…
I was checking out in Wal-Mart the other day when I just stopped and actually looked around. Maybe it’s just the fact that I am going to be away from home and a lot of the “comforts” I am used to, but I realized how ridiculously huge the store was. I mean, we have EVERYTHING we want. We have hundreds of medications to choose from without having to see the doctor, there are thousands of cans and boxes of food that will keep on our pantry shelf for months, fresh fruits and veggies that have had all of the rejected “scratch and dent” peices removed and most likely thrown away. As I walked down the huge walkway in the front of the store, on one side there was a bank of cash registers with ample room for people to pay for their groceries without having to be in a line longer than 5 people. On the other side of me was acres of brand new clothes, everything for your home that you could possibly want, and more toys and electronics than you can count. Even at the checkout, you can get whatever flavor gum, mints or candy to suit your pleasure and I am sure that most of us never even think twice about how much $1.19 would be worth in someone else’s world. I never thought that I would have a paradigm shift in a Wal-Mart, but I can’t look at my life the same way.
Here are some of my expectations, thoughts and feelings…
– I expect to be taken way outside of my comfort zone
– I want to be broken
– I pray that the Lord uses me in ways that I can’t even imagine right now
– I desire to be changed by the work that the Lord does in and through me
– I know I will have times where I miss my friends and family soooooo much
– I want to be a light for Jesus
– I will be nervous sometimes
– I will be excited sometimes
– Sometimes I am nervous about getting sick from something, but I know that I have to put it in the Lord’s hands
– I can’t wait to see new and beautiful places and meet new people
– I am excited to go on such a crazy trip
– I want to be an encouragement to the people who are supporting me
– I expect to have the experience of a lifetime!
