Hm, what to expect? That is a great question. I honestly, have no idea. Personally, I expect to grow a ton in my relationship and love for the Creator. I expec t to come home a new person, who isn’t afraid to live in the person God has made her to be. I expect to make strong relationships with the people I’m around and to know their hearts very deeply. I expect to see Africans come into a true relationship with Him, I expect to see Asians fall to their knees in surrender and orphans all of the world know what it means to have a Father, who desperately wants them to see He calls them His own. I expect to see supernatural things that we as humans are not capable of doing. God will be praised more than the missionaries I travel with.
While I’m on the trip, I expect to get sick. I know this will happen, but know that God will be looking out for me and everyone else. I also plan on being in extreme hot weather and then potentially, very cold. I expect to eat food I would normally not in the States. In Africa, I’m counting on spicy food, that I do not do well with. I’m expecting to eat bugs in some places. I am counting on times of extreme highs and then extreme lows. I am also counting on places that will break my heart and want to cry, because these people are abandoned and ignored.
Haha, I’m expecting to learn how to pack and know what the essentials are. I will know how to live minimally. (I think this one can be mastered for sure!) 😉 I’m expecting that I will be living in the same shirt for 3 days. I will know how to set up a tent within 5 minutes. I will know the cultures in each country in and out. I am not expecting this thing to be easy. There will be pitfalls and emotions everywhere, but I do expect God to be present in everything, as He already is. I expect to be uncomfortable.
I’m expecting to have a full assurance in the Lord. God’s going to do some amazing things and expect Him to show himself real to everyone He encounters. I expect to see the Spirit alive and active in the team and others. I hope that truth is revealed and light breaks through the dark. I am expecting miracles and for people to be physically healed.
Finally, I’m expected God to rip the doors off of the lies people are believing. I trust that God is going to show them what reality actually is. I expect children to cry out, Abba Father. I expect love to flow through me and for God to reign King over all.
God is so amazing! This year is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to see how God is going to use each one of us for His glory and praise. We are the body and He is our blood! He is so good!
