Today is my last day at home. I’m not sure if I fully grasp that, but I do know that I am overwhelmed with the love and support of my family and friends. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to my send off, listened to what I would be doing over the next year and supported me financially and through prayer. Through donations and the selling of my EP’s $3900 was raised! Thank you and praise the Lord!
I am about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. It seems so epic but oh how little I understand it! I have no idea what waits for me this year except the loving arms of Jesus as He leads me and teaches me to walk like Him. I’ve been waiting to go on something like this for a while now but now that its here staring me in the face, I find that I’m wishing for more time. But I don’t, so here I go!
I’ll jump right into the arms of my Savior while He shows me how He’s saved the world and how He loves and is reflected in each precious person I happen to meet along the way. From Ireland to Jordan, to Uganda to Cambodia. We are made in the image of God and I believe that everyone reflects a different part or facet of who He is or what He looks like. I can’t wait to see His diverse face this year! No wonder it will take an eternity to get to know Him!
Alot of people have been asking me how I feel about leaving. To be honest I’m not sure. I’m excited, nervous, curious, expectant and a little sad to be leaving, but I’m looking forward to the future. It’ll only be bittersweet for another 24 hours. Of course I’ll have some tough times throughout the year, but thats why I have all of you! I thank you in advance for all the prayers and encouragement you will be to me. Please stay in touch! I’ll need it more than you know! Its good and keeps me grounded and still aware of life back home.
I’ll leave you with the lyrics of a song that I’ve really enjoyed lately. Its called Northern Skies and its written & performed by a Scottish artist named Paolo Nutini. There are definitely parts of this song that speak to how I’m feeling about embarking on such an adventure as the one that now lies before me. I think its poetic and very beautiful. “The great sense of passing through” is a very apt desciption of how I’ve been feeling. You can listen to it on youtube if you click here or copy and paste this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4mJEc5g50Q
I have returned to the Northern Skies
Where the summer had not touched
The clouds that pass above
Oh and I have returned to the somber grace
Of the days too early to come and too early to stay
And I have left a million stars
And a ocean so lively, so clearly blue
And I have left the warmth of the sun
And a millions adventures not yet begun
Where the summer had not touched
The clouds that pass above
Oh and I have returned to the somber grace
Of the days too early to come and too early to stay
And I have left a million stars
And a ocean so lively, so clearly blue
And I have left the warmth of the sun
And a millions adventures not yet begun
The great sense of passing through
The great sense of passing through
The great sense of passing through
Oh for once there was beauty, here for me
Under these white northern skies
I felt the green was blacker
And the blue was darker still
My roots are lying deeper
Than I ever think they will again
Heartache and poetry
Under these northern skies
The great sense of passing through
The great sense of passing through
The great sense of passing through
