I am expecting the radical. The rad. The gnarly. So much rad-ness that even if rad-ness wasn’t a word I would still use it to describe what I’m expecting my life to be on the WR.
R- Relationships—what we will build for a year.
A-Awesomeness—what our life is going to be for a year.
D-Dancing—what we will be doing mentally, physically and joyfully for a year.
What am I expecting is such a broad question… I broke it up into three parts…so here it goes!
Part 1: What do I expect other countries will be like?
I can expect a lot about how different cultures are, what food we will eat, and what kind of bathroom we will be going in. We can expect one thing but get the other. Here is a little story that happened a few years ago…
…A few years ago a met and played soccer with a girl whose parents are missionaries in Kenya. I wanted to know all about how it was like living in a hut or going to the bathroom in a hole…She laughed so hard. Turns out not everyone in a third world country lives in huts. HA! Who knew right?…
So for the first part of this question what to expect other countries are going to be like… I HAVE NO STINKING CLUE! I am open and excited. I am sure my mind is going to be blown and my eyes are going to be open to a whole lot more than I think. Launch can’t come fast enough!
PART 2: What am I expecting to do overseas?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! <–me being a tad bit excited.
To LOVE.
To meet new people.
To build relationships.
To see people get healed.
To raise people from the dead.
To be able to make memories with our new family.
To build mine and Nate’s relationship and friendship.
To learn a lot about other cultures.
To build a better relationship with the big poppa upstairs.
To show people how LOVE should be.
To play with orphans.
To talk to victims of crimes.
To pray and help bring healing to everyone we come in contact with.
To LOVE.
… There is just so much that comes with all of these answers. Words can’t describe how stoked I am to be on this adventure!
Part 3: What am I expecting to get out of the WR?
I am hoping and having faith in the fact that I am going to come out stronger and closer with my relationship with Poppa. I am expecting my marriage and friendship with Nate to become stronger and more tight nit. I am hoping to have lifelong, close friendships after the WR. I am expecting my world to be rocked and my eyes to be WIDE open. I am expecting to come back to the states and have such a different view on life that my life style changes and the way I look at life changes as well.
SO WHAT AM I EXPECTING?
…RAD-NESS…
Encouraging word of the week:
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
– Eleanor Roosevelt
