This is the blog that the older more mature reader will read accompanied with that secret knowing smile (the one my Pastor has mastered), and as youth living on the cusp of real life will read with starry eyes, flushed cheeks and an amen tickling your lips. It is this blog that I will come back to around December 25th of 2011 an entire year older with many, many memories and experiences under my belt and recognize how far I’ve come from this moment. 

   That said, what DO I expect? 

   That it will be hard. 
   That my insecurities will come out at the most inopportune moments. 
   That I will be tired. 
   That I will be disorganized and stressed out about it. 
   That not everything will go according to plan. 
   That I will have to give up my own comfort to accomodate someone else. 
   That I will be overwhelmed. 
   That I will be shy and withdrawn at times. 
   That I will come to love, respect and admire my teammates. 
   That those same teammates will drive me completely mad. 
   That I will learn the difference between true patience and mere endurance.
   That God will come through for me in amazing ways.
   That God will be the same on the field as he is in Quesnel. 
   That what I learned here will be put into practice. 
   That truth will become even more important to me.
   That God will call me to walk closer to him through prayer and bible study.  
   That I will be able to speak into someone’s life. 
   That I will gain confidence in who I am in Christ. 
   That God will teach me about faith, love, identity, peace and trust.
   

   Most of all I expect the unexpected… I expect God to be God and continue to totally show up, surprise and bless me each and every day. I also expect to miss my home and my family. I expect to yearn for the familiar and find myself clumsily embracing the uncertainity that life on the world race offers to me.