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I woke up last night at approximatly 4:39 am and my mind was racing. I am leaving for a whole year in just 5 short days. I was immediatly overwhelemed, couldn't fall back asleep. Am I ever going to be ready? 

Within the last few days I've packed up my whole room, practiced packing my pack, and said some of my last good byes. While packing up my whole room I began to tear up. While practicing packing..I quit twice and went downstairs for a break. And while saying some of my last good byes, my heart was wrenched. I'm never going to be ready. 

But then a fellow teammate posted this quote from Donald Miller's "Through Painted Deserts:" 

     And so my prayer is that your story will have involved some leaving and some coming home, some summer and some winter, some roses blooming out like children in a play. My hope is your story will be about changing, about getting something beautiful born inside of you, about learning to love a woman or a man, about learning to love a child, about moving yourself around water, around mountains, around friends, about learning to love others more than we love ourselves, about learning oneness as away of understanding God. We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and the resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?
It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out.
I want to repeat one word for you: LEAVE.
Roll the word around on your tongue for a bit. It is a beautiful word, isn't it? So strong and forceful, the way you have always wanted to be. And you will not be alone. You have never been alone. Don't worry. Everything will still be here when you get back. It is you who will have changed.

How much more reassurance can ya get? I will not be alone, everything will still be here when I get back, and I will have changed. I have second guessed too many times about whether I should be leaving or not; but here is confirmation. 

Sidenote: You all want to know what I am doing, of course! But I dont want to be held in the dark. I want to know what is going on at home as well. Don't hesitate to write me an email/facebook message and tell me what has been going on if your life as well. Email works both ways, remember? 🙂 

From now until July 3rd I will be going through an intense change, physically, emotionally, and spiritually as I prepare to embark on this amazing journey. Keep me in your prayers 🙂