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 many things I expect and anticipate as I am preparing for this trip next year. I know there will be good, bad, joyful and sad, but I know through it all God will be with me. So, here are some of my expectations for the 2010 World Race.
I expect:
To be stretched and taken out of my comfort zone but to learn full dependence on God when I can’t do it alone
To live on less and to understand that God is really all I need
To be broken and saddened by things I see but to know that God can heal and deliver
To be tired and frustrated at times but to know that God will be my strength and He will renew me day by day
To miss my family and friends back home but to be excited about new friends I will make
To be challenged and strengthened by fellow believers and to be an encouragement to them
To see and do things I never would have imagined and to realize that God can use me anywhere
To have my eyes opened to other religions, beliefs and customs and to see that God loves everyone the same
To be worried about what each day might bring but to understand that I can cast all my cares on the Lord
To share Christ’s love and grace with hurting people and to see God change me and mold me
To see God do things I thought were impossible and to realize nothing is impossible with God
To not know what I will do after I return from the race but to trust that God already knows the plans for my future
I know there is so much more that God will teach me and show me on this adventure. The greatest things will be those I don’t expect at all! My prayer is that I will follow Paul’s desire:
“I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
Philippians 1:20-21
