I must say I'm really really excited about this next step in my Journey of life. I'm not really sure what to expect. I was really looking forward to tent camping but then somebody said you don't get to use your tent that much. I enjoy seeing how much I can rough it and tough it. I'm really going to have some bragging rights with my Bro Bro when I come back. =) Hehe! He's in the military well Air Force so they don't rough it as much as Marines from what I've heard. =P Totally had to add that Bro Bro just in case by some miracle you actually read this. 😉 Oooh nother punch there, hehe!!! I'm not so sure about the bathing (in swim suits) in the river's though. Like I read on somebody else's blog. Can't swim and large bodies of what kind of intimidate me a bit. Oh well just another fear I may over come on this trip. Alright I'll quit goofing off now. What I really look forward to on this trip is seeing Christ. Learning how to serve others without worldly gain and walking behind Christ's foot steps. I feel like I'm a kid and Christ is in front of me and I'm walking in every foot step He leaves behind and it feels truly amazing!
I will get to experience living with Gypsies for a month and learning about there culture. This is so cool to me, because I used to joke with some of my friends and tell them I think I was supposed to be half hippie and half gypsy. So I'm really excited about seeing what God is doing in there lives and culture and maybe being a part of changing some of it too. I'm super duper pumped about the missions to prostitutes and people trapped in human trafficing. There really isn't anything about this journey I'm not excited about. I look forward to being challenged in many areas and ways and learning to rest more in Christ. And I greatly look forward to experiencing Him and His mighty hand with my fellow team mates. I hate that we are needed to minister to orphans, prostitutes and so many other peoples and nations in need but I'm humbled that I can in some small way maybe lesson their load or point to some one greater who can carry their load for them. His name is Jesus Christ.
I'm looking forward to growing and stretching my limited view of Christ and seeing how big He really is and letting Him stretch and grow me in the process. I've been searching for a while for where God wants me and He showed me this route and I didn't believe Him at first. But then He reminded me how I've been asking Him to teach me what real faith is and to trust Him and to give me a heart after His own heart. Christ told me if I really wanted those things then I would have to go where He leads me. And right now that looks like the World Race Missions trip route #2 January 2013. So I'm learning one of my first major lessons in trust/ faith and I'm stepping out to see what's next around the corner and let me tell you I can't wait to find out. In all honesty though I would be lying if I didn't say I was nervous cause I am, but God has given me a peace with my nervousness, if that makes any sense. So it just encourages me to keep going. And even if the road gets a little rough and bumpy He will be there with me along with my team mates.
This doesn't seem to do what I feel justice at all. Words just don't seem enough to what I feel God is going to show me and grow me and allow me to do on this path in my Journey. But I believe it is going to be totally life changing and rewarding. =)
