Well, it’s happening. In five days my parents will drive me down to Atlanta for a few more days of training, then my squad heads off to Puerto Rico. I should have a lot more feelings right now, but mostly I think I’m just ready to go. I want to quit worrying about how much my pack is going to weigh and I want to stop adding things to my walmart list. Dreading saying goodbye to my little sister and hugging my grandparents for the last time for a year is becoming exhausting and I just want it to be over.
I don’t know if I’m suppressing feelings, but in this moment I think the thing I’m most sad about is not being able to watch the Eagles in the playoffs. I’m sure it will be harder than I’m anticipating, but I am also confident that the Lord has instilled some type of peace in me that doesn’t really make sense. I’ve come to the acceptance that if I forget something, I forget it. If I have the wrong converter, I’ll survive without an iPod til I get one. Everything will work itself out and be okay.
So, here is my last blog until launch… I don’t really have too much to say other than I am SO ready. The Lord has proven so faithful and I am so grateful to those of you who have given…I am a little under 1,000 away from being fully funded. Thank you for being obedient to what He has called you to give.
Please continue to pray with me that I am able to have everything prepared for launch (and that my pack doesn’t weigh a million pounds), that my family is prepared to send me off well, that goodbyes are sweet and encouraging and that I am aware of how the Lord is preparing my heart and mind every day for what He has in store for me.
Can’t thank you all enough for your support…I’m so ready to do this.
