After this blog I will have to go upstairs to my room and continue to pack and unpack and repack everything for the next several hours. Until I have totally trimmed off all the extra fat of things I do not want to carry around the world.I leave for launch the day after tomorrow and then fly to South Africa two days after that.
Currently, the only thing that I truly need to be able to begin this mission is in Washington DC. My passport and documentation for my Mozambique visa are still being processed and I am sweating bullets. At this point it looks as though they are going to over night my passport and all the paperwork to the hotel in Atlanta and I should be able to pick it up upon arrival. The catch is, they do not have time to process the paperwork and get my visa. As long as I get my passport in Atlanta I will be on my way to Africa and worry about getting into Mozambique when I arrive there. As stressful as this has been I absolutely recognize at least one reason the Lord has put this little bump in my road. Leading up to this week I have really struggled with leaving my past life behind, missing my job, friends, sports, ect. And I have found it hard to be excited about launch. However, with this recent difficulty and the idea of not having my passport in hand at launch I have readjusted my train of thought.
I will be the most joyous and thankful of travelers if I can just get to the right continent! Forget right country, or town. Just get me to Africa. God has the rest already worked out. So, it is now, with a thankful heart that I will leave the country with passport in hand. Not with a heart of fear, bitterness, or anxiety due to difficult change. Get me that passport and lets go!
