Alright I have put this off WAY to long. Probably because I am hesitant to say what I expect. People say to expect that your expectation will be broken. I know that this trip is going to be one big surprise, but Ephesians 2:10 says “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” I was prepared in advance to do his work…okay I got this. So without further ado here is the list that is more like my beliefs and hopes of what will happen.
I expect:
Culture shock.
My eyes will be opened up to injustices that I have not yet imagined.
My heart will be broken again and again, but through the brokenness I will become God’s hands and feet. “And the God of all
grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have
suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong,
firm and steadfast.”- 1 Peter 5:10
To impact/change someone’s life in a positive way.
I expect God to take my hand and walk with me these next 11 months.
I will experience homesickness for the first time in my life.
My team will become my family and I will forever think of them as such.
I expect to experience joy and sorrow like I never have before.
To return home a different person.
To feel the love, support, encouragement, and prayers from the people I love and care about back home.
To find out just how brave and courageous I can be.
To not be silent or quiet anymore. To be their voice, his voice, and your voice. “… For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.”-Matthew 12:34
To grow.
To shine.
To be challenged.
1 Thessalonians 1:3-7
3We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
