First, I am expecting the unexpected!
Of course everyone says this, but we truly need to be expecting the unexpected! So many times we put God in a box of what He can or cannot do. Our God is limitless and has no boundaries, yet so many times we do put those limits on God! I am so excited to see the unexpected and am expecting the unexpected on this trip! Who knows what our God can do and I cannot wait to find out!
I am expecting to miss my family and friends like I never have before!
Being at college, I have grown used to not seeing my family months at a time, but I know that I can always call them or go home if I really wanted to at any point, but I know that this will not be the case on the trip- I cannot call my parents anytime I want to. I know my heart will ache for them at times, but I am expecting to have a new family on this trip- one that will grow close and change my life! I am going to miss my friends as well, but at the same time I know that I will be building new friendships that will be lasting a lifetime!
I am expecting to get out of my comfort zone!
Most people never really have to get out of their comfort zone and a lot of Christians never let God use them to the fullest because they do not get out of their comfort zones. I know that during this trip, I will be doing things I never thought I would be doing, going places I never thought I would be going, eating things I never thought I would ever eat or try. But I expect that through these experiences, God will be shaping me, molding me, and perfecting me to be that person He created me to be and to fully be used for His glory!
I am expecting to be challenged in ways I never have been before.
Living with about 6 people in close proximity for 11 months with about 60 others always close by, will of course create challenges- we all have our different strengths and weaknesses and I cannot wait to see how we all fit together and how God has each person on this trip for reason. I will be doing things that I have never done before and I know that I will get frustrated at times, but I know that when I am weakest, Christ is strongest in me and I cannot wait for God to shine through all of my weaknesses. I also know that I will have to fully rely on God like I never have before to face these challenges and I cannot wait to be weak, yet strong in God!
I am expecting to be amazed again and again at what God is doing!
I am expecting my heart to break over and over again and to be in tears as we leave old places and go to new ones. But I am expecting that it is through these times that my heart is breaking for God to truly speaking to me. I am expecting to be seeing the world, these people, and my teammates all through God’s eyes and to see what He sees when looking at them.
I am also expecting God to be speaking to me about His path for my life during this trip and what He is calling me to do once it is over. Is He calling me to missions? Only God knows, but whatever it is- Here am I LORD, send me!
“We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in whole hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might . . . Ecclesiastes 9:10″”
~Oswald Chambers
