5 days till I fly to Georgia and get to meet my team!!!
The time is finally here. After months and months of waiting and plans changing and wondering what the heck I’m doing… the week has come. It’s happening. We’re doing it.
I’m also moving to a different state. Today. After living / working in the same town for 21 years. To say this is a big transition would be an understatement. BUT. I know that God has big plans in this move! Over the last few months, even almost over the last year, I have been feeling a tug to go somewhere new. Feeling like maybe I’ve gotten all that I can out of the Star City and it’s time for a change.
I’m no longer where I once was, but I’m not quite where I’m going yet either. It’s a weird feeling… not knowing what’s coming next. It’s also freeing.
So as hard as it is to leave everything I’m familiar with and go somewhere completely new, I know that there is going to be so much joy found in that, and that the Father has already mapped out every step.
Even this mission trip is a leap of faith, going into the unknown — going to a place I’ve never been before with ~15 people I haven’t met yet. It’s thrilling. It forces you to rely on something other than the world and our flesh that tells us to be afraid. It pushes us to rely on the One who is sending us to these places at this specific time.
I’m going into this next season with a heart completely open. Open to whatever God has in store for me to do, see, learn, experience… transitions can be hard. But knowing that this is just the beginning, the very tip of the iceberg, makes me that much more excited for the beauty and the joy that is coming — but knowing not without heartache.
I welcome it all. May this be a season of growth, of learning. Of finding peace and rest because HE is in control.
