We were asked to write a blog about how we felt before leaving on this mission trip. Here is what I’m expecting…
There are 109 days left until I leave…that’s still 4 months
away. Already, I cannot believe how many months have passed since I
first heard of the race, got accepted and then started to plan and
organize this great adventure. Expectations have come, gone and
re-surfaced since February. They are different now than they were
before, and will be different when it comes time to actually leave.
away. Already, I cannot believe how many months have passed since I
first heard of the race, got accepted and then started to plan and
organize this great adventure. Expectations have come, gone and
re-surfaced since February. They are different now than they were
before, and will be different when it comes time to actually leave.
Training Camp in Georgia in August changed my perspectives on
life, the missions trip, the race and on God. I’m blessed to be able to
have this experience again and be able to extend my current AIM
family…and know that once again, my expectations are going to be
challenged, changed and renewed!
life, the missions trip, the race and on God. I’m blessed to be able to
have this experience again and be able to extend my current AIM
family…and know that once again, my expectations are going to be
challenged, changed and renewed!
When it comes to today – this moment – what I expect is just
the beginning of what is to come. I remember a message one Sunday about
the difference between Expectation and Expectations. They aren’t the
same…Right now, I am waiting with expectation!
the beginning of what is to come. I remember a message one Sunday about
the difference between Expectation and Expectations. They aren’t the
same…Right now, I am waiting with expectation!
I Expect:
growth. change.
excitement.
challenge. dirt.
cold showers. God.
pain.
adventure.
family.
yucky food. love. fears….and the list goes on!
growth. change.
excitement.
challenge. dirt.
cold showers. God.
pain.
adventure.
family.
yucky food. love. fears….and the list goes on!
I EXPECT to learn how to pray with EXPECTATION!
I am EXPECTING the UNEXPECTED!
I am expecting God to provide in more ways than I can imagine.
God’s telling me to TRUST HIM! If it’s God’s will, He will provide and
meet our EVERY NEED! Regardless of how big or small, God will be
faithful – not only here as I prepare to leave, but also as I hit every
single Country in my travels.
God’s telling me to TRUST HIM! If it’s God’s will, He will provide and
meet our EVERY NEED! Regardless of how big or small, God will be
faithful – not only here as I prepare to leave, but also as I hit every
single Country in my travels.
Words cannot begin to express what my heart is trying to get
out. I am bursting at the seams. I am patiently enduring these next few
months at home, trying to prepare myself emotionally, physically,
mentally and spiritually.
out. I am bursting at the seams. I am patiently enduring these next few
months at home, trying to prepare myself emotionally, physically,
mentally and spiritually.
No matter how prepared I can try and make myself, I don’t
feel as though I’ll ever be ready. Leaving home will be hard. Leaving
“family” to come home at the end of the race (and in every Country)
will be even harder. I expect to build and make long lasting friends!
feel as though I’ll ever be ready. Leaving home will be hard. Leaving
“family” to come home at the end of the race (and in every Country)
will be even harder. I expect to build and make long lasting friends!
I expect to come home different than the way I left. I expect
to be blessed and be thankful for what I do have, and no longer
complain about what I don’t have, what I want or what other’s do have!
to be blessed and be thankful for what I do have, and no longer
complain about what I don’t have, what I want or what other’s do have!
God is already moving. He’s with me now and has gone before
me to start preparing the lives of every person I’m gonna meet. I
expect God to move mountains, walk me through the valley’s, and reveal
Himself to me through the little things that surround me. I expect God
to be God. I am expecting to FIGHT – there are going to be days that I,
as well as my team, are going to have to fight our way through
sickness, brokenness, spiritual warfare, family crisis at home, and so
much more. We are going to have to persevere and keep on keeping on,
even when we have nothing left. I expect to experience the lowest of
lows and the highest highs and everything in between.
me to start preparing the lives of every person I’m gonna meet. I
expect God to move mountains, walk me through the valley’s, and reveal
Himself to me through the little things that surround me. I expect God
to be God. I am expecting to FIGHT – there are going to be days that I,
as well as my team, are going to have to fight our way through
sickness, brokenness, spiritual warfare, family crisis at home, and so
much more. We are going to have to persevere and keep on keeping on,
even when we have nothing left. I expect to experience the lowest of
lows and the highest highs and everything in between.
From this day on, I am surrendering MY WILL for GOD’s WILL
and giving up my control. I cannot be at my best if I am not letting
God be God! I need to suck it up, deal with it and move on. I need to
grow up. I need to be free to be me and let God do the work that’s he’s
started in me…because what He starts, he completes – in His timing
and His ways!
and giving up my control. I cannot be at my best if I am not letting
God be God! I need to suck it up, deal with it and move on. I need to
grow up. I need to be free to be me and let God do the work that’s he’s
started in me…because what He starts, he completes – in His timing
and His ways!
