My Providence Family this is for you.
I am going to start off being a little cliché and by saying it providential that I was brought to Providence at the end of my sophomore year in high school. I actually have a hard time processing the fact that I have been at Providence for eight almost nine years.
I am truly going to miss you these next eleven months while I am serving God on the World Race.
Know that even though I am not there on a weekly basis anymore you are still in my prayers and my thoughts. I already look forward to sharing with you my Jesus experiences from this year.
I can honestly say I don’t think I would be sitting here on my way to Washington DC right now if it were not for you. I can say without hesitation that you are part of my family, you are not only my brothers and sisters in Christ, you are so much more than that, you are my friends, my “other moms”, the people who I know I can count on when times are tough and I need prayers, hugs and just general encouragement.
The last few months I have seen and experienced so much love from all of you, from financial support, to prayers, to excitement for this journey I am on. I don’t know how many times I was humbled by your generosity towards me in the last few months. Numerous times I left from the church on a Sunday morning and cried good tears on my way home, because of the love I’ve felt. It has really been a humbling last few months, especially when it comes to accepting what you have so willingly gave.
I really look forward to sharing with you everything that happens over the next eleven months, because I may be the one who is physically out on the mission field serving our AMAZING God, but it is you who have helped me get there, and you whose hard worked supported me, and you who have answered my prayers that the prayers of people I have yet to meet.
I am beyond grateful for you my family and for all you have done over the years. God has seriously blessed me with each and everyone of you.
I will miss you like crazy but I take comfort in the idea that today wasn’t a forever goodbye but a temporary one, I will see you again in eleven months where we will be able to hug, laugh, and pray together as I share the experiences I will have from this journey.
Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers, and know you are in mine. I would love to hear from you while I am gone, be it via Facebook, e-mail, blog comments, or any other means of communication we have.
See you in early December my family!
Love and Prayers,
Katrina
