Well people, this is it. This is the last blog I post from Swift and Finch, aka America. Tomorrow, I will be going to Atlanta to reunite with PSquad and have a few more days of training before flying to Ecuador.
Over the past few days, a lot of people have asked me how I’m feeling. Are you nervous? Scared? Sad? Excited? And to be honest, I am all of these things.
I am nervous about what lies ahead. The difficulties I will encounter. The relationships that will be tested. The less than comfortable living conditions. The things I will see.
I am scared of the unknown. There is a lot that I simply do not know. Like when are flight to Ecuador is. Like where exactly we will be staying once we get there. I don’t know the cities we will be going to in the other 10 countries. I don’t know when we will be coming home. Even our route is subject to change and we might not be going to the countries we originally thought.
[Side Note: Trust will be a very important theme this year and God has already been teaching me so much through the fundraising process. PRAISE HIM that I am FULLY FUNDED! It is such a blessing to be leaving on this journey at 102% and I am so thankful to all of you who have supported me in any way!]
I am sad to be leaving such a wonderful and comfortable life in Rome, complete with family and friends that love me so much!
I am excited to finally start this race that I have been praying and preparing for now for over a year!
But more than any other emotion, I am ready. I am ready to see the world through God’s eyes. I am ready to grow in my understanding of Jesus. I am ready to experience the Holy Spirit in new ways. I am ready to live in community that knows me inside and out and loves me anyways, even through the difficult times. I am ready to leave everything I have and everything I am to live and love more fully. I am ready because I know the Lord has called me to this and His purpose is good!
{For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which He prepared in advance for us to do.}
Ephesians 2:10
