I’m sitting here in the Chicago airport after a long day of travel and getting ready to board another flight for Turkey, after that, we will FINALLY make our way to Albania and start serving with the ministry we are assigned to! These past 5 days have been amazing for me and I have realized that when I get to these different countries I will not suddenly morph in to “mission trip Katelyn” and become this super woman who knows the exact right things to say and do. I have realized that who I am right now, whether I am sitting in the airport, grabbing coffee with a friend, talking on the phone, sitting in traffic, at a concert, or serving overseas in a third world country…is enough.
It would be so easy to get caught up in the fact that I am physically going overseas and around the world to serve God and share the gospel but the truth is, God is at work everywhere and what goes on back home is just as important as what I will be doing overseas.Realizing this gives me such a feeling of relief. I am free. I am free to be completely myself. I don’t have to be “mission trip Katelyn” because just being myself is enough and although I will make mistakes and I will never be perfect, God still uses me to spread his love around the world. I feel so thankful and so blessed that He called me out of my comfort zone and refused to allow me to feel content anywhere because He had this incredible journey for me to go on. I could not be more excited to see what is in store in the beautiful Albania!! 
