CHANGE (verb). To make or become different. To make something or someone different.
Looking Back: Three months ago I got a partial sleeve tattooed on my arm. Two months ago I turned 22. One month ago I finished and presented my senior research. One week ago I finished my undergrad classes. Five days ago I graduated college. Four days ago I said goodbye to some of my best friends. One day ago I bought a tent that I plan to use as a house for the next year.
Looking Ahead: In a week and a half, my last roommate moves out and heads to Nicaragua for a month. In three weeks, I move out of the place I’ve called home for the past two years. In a month and a half I leave for training camp. In two months I leave Jackson, my home for the past four years. In three months, I say goodbye to everyone and leave the life I have for the one Christ has set aside for me.
Change is a weird deal. I don’t deal well with it if I’m being real. I mean I haven’t even cut my hair in the past year. That’s how much change gets to me.
I realize that in choosing to put aside the life I’ve known for one that I have no idea what to expect out of, I’ll be changing a lot.
What I’ll miss: I’ll miss weddings. I’ll miss engagements. I’ll miss birthdays and holidays and family Christmas. I’ll miss my friends graduating, getting grown up jobs, and just doing all around awesome things stateside. I’ll miss being just an hour away from my parents (and pets). Not to mention sweet tea, fried chicken, and the premier of the new James Bond movie (this is a huge deal).
What I’ll see: People I haven’t met loving on people they haven’t met in places I’ve never been all to carry out the great commission. And that’s crazy cool.
To keep the change game rolling, I have more news! As of now I am on the September Route 3 waitlist!
What this means: If it’s in God’s plan I’ll be a member of a new squad heading to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
This is big change. Change that could result in more change.
To quote my main man Steven Tyler, “I can’t say baby where I’ll be in a year.”
God has made us different. He has created in us the ability to adapt, to learn.
Change isn’t always good. Change isn’t always bad. Change is inevitable.
We can run from it (aka me and my refusal to cut my hair. . .) or we can embrace it.
