Sorry it has been a while…
HELLLOOOOOO everyone! I got some more cool news for you
I am leaving October 6th…AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH…less than 2 weeks away
My first stop is going to be in Antigua, Guatemala…I don't think I will helping out with the cruise ships sadly 🙁 but I am working with a ministry that I do not want to name until I know it is safe to name it (hold tight). But they provide services from education, to health care, to leading discipleship and bible study programs, to anything it seems. I am excited!
BUT……
I can't believe I am actually doing this. People keep asking me how I am feeling about going and I am literally feeling everything. I am so excited, I am sad to leave everyone, I am nervous, I am scared, I am happy, I am….
In the spring when I gave my yes to going I thought 'I have all the way till October to get ready, plenty of time' WHERE DID THAT TIME GO? This trip is like a fantasy, something that I have been preparing for all summer, something that I would daydream about, something that I would imagine doing but not actually doing it. Well those thoughts will soon end because it is going to be my reality.
Soon I am going to have a 2.5in sleeping pad as my bed, my showers…wait not showers…bucket baths and baby wipe baths are going to clean me, and the multiple days I am not "showering" a clean pair of underwear will be my taste of sanitation. If you know me I do not shower on a regular basis so people think I am good to go. But this is what I am imagining…sweating all day, maybe working out with our personal trainer (yes we have one of those on our team!), using bug spray, using sun block, getting down and dirty, and THEN maybe taking a baby wipe bath before I decide to pass out for the night. Trust me, I do enjoy showering when I am gross, that is why I don't shower everyday. It is more enjoyable, but now I am kind of giving up that luxury for a nice cold bucket of water.
Well, my life is going to be packed in a 60+10 liter bag that I will carry on my back, literally my life. My 3ish outfits I will be wearing for the year, my shoes, my endless supply of clean undies, my medications for when I get sick, my bed, tent, pillow, sleeping bag, etc.
My new reality is coming so fast, it is still such a fantasy (but not a princess fantasy, there are no birds coming to fold my clothes…maybe just poop on them). I cannot believe I am actually doing this, I am just a 22 year old girl from PA who decided to obey God. I am pumped to give up my comforts and surrender comletely to the Lord, but it is ABSOLUTELY terrifying at the same time.
