Make me scream.
Biting Insects
Make me itch.
Telling God you don’t want to go to the jungle for Christmas?
Sends me to the Jungles of Panama.
A few minutes ago, I was sitting with my squad mate and friend Amber Hoey, and she was singing a Disney song. That led to watching the part in Mulan when they sing ‘Make a man out of you’ and singing along (see video below).
As I sit here and think about where I will be in less than a week, the jungles of Panama, I think of that song and it’s message.
No, I am not getting ready to fight the huns.
No, I am not working on defending the Great Wall of China.
No, I am not impersonating a male to protect my Father’s honor.
However, I am looking towards a month full of the things I have avoided my whole life.
Huge spiders, sleeping on the ground, taking a shower out of a bucket, living in bug spray 24 hours a day, and generally being disgusting all the time.
It is not that I don’t want the experience. Because I do. It is not that I don’t want to stretch myself. Because I do. It is not because I don’t want to grow in my faith. I definitely do.
It is mainly I just don’t want to struggle. I don’t want to face my weakness. I know, that seems like I just canceled out what I just said. But I know this is going to be one of those times in my life that I get more out of it when I look back at my experiences.
I have no doubt that this will be a month where I chant my favorite phrase to myself over and over and over again:
God never said it would be easy, just worth it.
So here we go. Month 3 of the World Race: Panama.
The Adventure begins.
And maybe, just maybe, this will make a stronger wo-‘man’ out of me.
🙂
