Here we are.
Z squad is hours away from departure.
3 days of travel ahead.
The world ahead.
God’s Spirit leading.
And all of you covering us in prayer.
It is going to be amazing.
Launch has been amazing. It has felt nothing as expected. I don’t know why, but I thought launch would be all sorts of crazy excitement. I thought everyone would be uncontrollable with their readiness to go.
On the contrary, it felt like being tossed around in the tumble dry mode of emotions. I have described it a few times like this: “Imagine all the emotions you’ve had in the past year. Launch is like someone put them all in a blender, and gave you a nasty smoothie to drink”…I think that is really accurate.
Waves of anxiety, sadness, excitement, happiness, confusion, clarity, etc etc, all come crashing into you, drawing you away from yourself and nearly sweeping you away in the current.
But we are here.
God has been faithful to bring us this fair. He will be faithful in the future. He doesn’t ever stop being faithful.
As of 1:58 pm (Eastern Time), Z squad will begin their enormous travel shedule.
My team, Team Meno, will be working at J-Zone Youth Africa in Livingstone, Zambia, and we will be staying at a hostel called Livingstone Backpackers. We will be there with Team Without Boarders. Please cover these teams and our ministry, as well as the squad and their ministries, with loads of prayer. Be on the lookout for pictures of adorable little African babies. Spred my blog around like a bad case of the flu. And remember to continually anoint my trip, safety, finances, squad, team, ministry contact, and devine appointments with words of life.
Thank you all for sticking with me through the past year’s journey of spiritual and personal growth, route change, fundraising, route change, postponement, and more route change. We are all about to embark on an entirely new and different type of journey, and, belive me when I say that I am believing God–it will be life-altering.
Thank you all so indescribably much for coming this far. God is gearing up to do so many amazing things, and you are all a part of it. I know he will change my life. He will use me to change my teammate’s lives, squadmates lives, and the lives of countless others. I believe he will use my story and blogs to change the lives of friends and family back home. So thank you.
However, I have currently met neither my next goal ($12,000 by March), nor my final goal of $16,228.
Please prayerfully consider supporting me financially. By doing so, you will allow me to focus more fully on the ministry at hand and relieve me of the burden of splitting my focus between being present, and fundraising.
