I officially have all of my gear!! As far as everything that is NEEDED, like “must have” type stuff. I still want to get a few more things, but I can do without them. But anyways, this is so exciting! Yesterday I went to pick up my backpack from the store and I was so excited, I wanted to practice packing and loading everything into my bag.
So, I just picked some random clothes and packed my tops into 1 packing cube and my bottoms into another. I put my tent into a compression sack and my sleeping bag into another. I had my sleeping pad and pillow put in their bags, and then I put 2 pairs of shoes in with the pile. This isn’t my legit packing list, I was just wanting to see how much would actually fit into the bag.
To say I freaked out would be a HUGE understatement.
Only 1 of my packing cubes fit into my bag once I put everything into their place. My sleeping bag wouldn’t fit in the straps at the bottom of my bag, my sleeping pad took up so much more space than I thought it would, and I put the other packing cube into what will be my daypack. And my big pack was almost completely full. Looking at that makes me wonder if I’m even cut out for this. Like, I didn’t even have my toiletries, towel, my camera, or first aid kit in there. So then I immediately started questioning on if I got the right gear. I have never really been camping before, and I have never used this kind of gear before. So I texted my mom in a panic.
(btw… I’m a little dramatic sometimes. Sorry V-Squad teammates)
So then, I started looking at other blogger’s packing list and comparing what they have to what I have, and wondering how in the world am I going to pull this whole thing off.
So now I’m REALLY wondering how the heck am I going to make it on a trip around Asia with everything on my back for 11 months. I mean, when I was younger, my family went camping and my parents decided to stop going on family camping trips because I would throw such a fit about it. When I go on just weekend trips I bring a bag for shoes, a bag for clothes, a bag for my makeup and hair stuff, and I bring my giant purse that basically is a suitcase. I’m not cut out for a trip like this.
But God.
This is a phrase used throughout the Bible soooo many times. These two words signal a change or contrast of something coming. What follows this phrase is something intended to challenge our faith and change our lives. When He’s brought into the picture, God takes center stage. ?
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. – Matthew 19:26
In my own thinking, packing for this trip and even lasting 11 months seems impossible. I’m freaking out and feel like there’s absolutely no way I can do it. But God has called me on this trip, so He will make a way. He has a purpose for me going on this trip, so He will prepare me.
There is a change in my life coming because I know I can’t do this… But God is telling me to. God is challenging my faith and pushing me further can I could’ve expected. I know that God is going to change my life in so many different ways. I believe this trip is so much more than something cool to do. I believe that it’s going to be a monumental milestone in my life that’s going to change the way I think, act, live and view life. Please pray for me, that God would change my thinking.. that He would make the impossible possible.
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