Almost one month has gone by since being accepted into the World Race and I have been putting a lot of time and effort into fundraising and preparation. What I have not thought much about are my expectations for this trip. I have realized that putting expectations on certain things, only creates disappointment. When we put expectations on things, we vision it to be a certain way, or to look a certain way or to even go a certain way. When we do set expectations, we are often disappointed because things did not go accordingly to what we expected. I guess I would be lying to you if I said that I didn’t have any expectations for the trip.
One thing that people do not realize, when I tell them about the World Race, is that while it may be a long-term mission trip, it is also 9 months of my life. I will be living like a human and doing normal things most of my time. So to go along with that said, I am trying not to put many expectations for the trip other than just a few!
I expect this 9 month trip to be chaotic at times, but very boring; filled with passion but also grief; too much to handle at times, but then not enough for God to handle. I expect long lasting relationships to be built with some of greatest people ever. I expect my family, but mostly my mother and father, to miss me a lot (well, lets hope they do!) I expect a lot of laughter, crying, yelling, singing, dancing, thinking, heart breaking and silence as well.
For those of you who don’t know, I am very outgoing, love making new friends, sociable and a people-person. I am so excited to bond with my teammates this July in Georgia. I pray that we do not only grow in our faith with God individually, but as a team as well. There are going to be many ups and downs, just like in life. There are going to be many difficult and easy times. And there WILL be a loving Savior, beside us at all times, guiding us, testing us, pushing us out of our comfort zone, so that we may preach the gospel and spread the good news.
