My Expectations for the trip:
Something that I struggle a lot with is expectations and being disappointed because of them. I seem to always have high expectations going into events, conferences, classes, special occasions, ect…and also for people. I find that when I have these expectations about people or events… I am often disappointed when they are not met. I also get so hung up in trying to have those expectations met, that I lose out on what is actually happening or what people are actually doing for me, which is more often than not better than what I had expected. This isn’t all bad, I’m not saying that I am always disappointed in people or anything. Going through these struggles with expectations has actually helped me grow stronger in the Lord because it has made me realize that He never disappoints. He never leaves my side, He never turns away, He never disappoints. He never fails to meet expectations, in fact He blows right by them in so many ways. I know that I can always turn to God and that is only thing in my life that I can hold on to that will never go away.
With that said, my expectations are a little bit different than everyone elses. I don’t want expectations. I don’t want to expect anything from this experience because I do not want to get hung up on focusing on those instead of what is actually happening. This is not to say that I have none, because I do, but I am trying really hard to not.
I expect to be broken. I expect to have my heart torn and mended several times. I expect the Lord to do big things. I expect to have a new family in my team. I expect to see God in ways I could never imagine.
I’m in God’s hands.
