The more and more the end of school seems to come, as slow as it may seem, the more…I don’t know… excited? frightened? nervous? joyous? I get for this long journey ahead of me. I don’t know if it will hit me until I get on the plane for India, that I am going to be doing the Lord’s work for nine whole months around the world. The Great Commission, huh?, it has a nice ring to it but the actual doing is a great feat. So for now I suppose all I can do is be patient, something I have not been fantastic at in the past, as building patience requires…well, patience. And Irony strikes again!
I will say, that I am so elated to see all the support people show when I mention the trip I am taking, and I heard so many notes of encouragement from teachers, friends, and strangers alike. So thank you for that, as I need all the encouragement I can get. I ask that all of you who find encouragemnt on the quick rattle of tongue to also find prayer like so too, as I know that prayer, not just for me but for my whole WR squad is greatly needed, as we are all dealing with things on an individual level right now, and a large scale level in preparing for this Race.
I suppose it is the trials. Yes, the trials are what I am excited and nervous about. Of course, how can I expect to go 9-months in everyday life without a trial from God, let alone 9-months around the world, spreading the good news with the unreached. I do know that he is a God of love and grace, an omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God who will guide me and protect me through the trials to come. But it is only rational to have a bit of fear, as we all do. To be broken down before The Lord is incredible and fearful at the same time, and knowing that day will come…I am in awe and yet still nervous.
So prayer…yes that would be neccessary. For now that is all I can say.
-Garrett Stoecker
Fun Fact: I think sushi should be banished from the earth
