With every preparation I complete, I feel closer and closer to my departure date. Support letters are in the mail (or getting there…I had forgotten how long it takes to write 100+ notes). Documents are uploaded and quizzes taken to meet my pre-training deadlines. I’ve even verbally informed my boss when my last day of work will be – and unbelievably, it’s less than 2 months away.
Plus I received my first 3 donations. Yay! Thanks y’all!!
And now I suppose comes a period of waiting. It will be a busy time, of course, but still a bit of a wait to see how things unfold. Will I reach my support goals quickly? Will I keep trusting the Lord to provide for me? Will I have to get more creative in my fundraising methods?
It’s definitely hard to send those letters out and then have such little control over how they (and God) work.
When I moved to Spain a year and a half ago (which I cannot believe it’s been that long), I had about a month’s notice, which really eliminated this whole waiting period. Everything I needed to do, I had to get done really fast. It was stressful at the time, but now, I’m realizing that it didn’t give me any room for doubt. In fact, I had already had the waiting (doubting) period just wanting to know if I’d been accepted to the program.
Now here I am on the other end of the spectrum, and so far, I’m still in the super excited stage! But I still have 20…or maybe 40…letters to send out, so we’ll see how that changes 🙂
