We were asked to write a blog about how we felt before leaving on this mission trip. Here is what I’m expecting…
-I expect to learn how to depend on others.
-I expect to learn how to fully depend on God.
-I expect to let go of my pickiness when it comes to eating.
-I expect to cry. A lot.
-I expect to learn about what true love really means. And show it. And receive it.
-I expect to miss out on a lot back home.
-I expect to learn about my significance in God’s kingdom.
-I expect to learn about others’ significance in God’s kingdom.
-I expect to learn how to not get grossed out as easily as I do now.
-I expect to truly feel out of my comfort zone.
-I expect to learn how to be bold.
-I expect to laugh like I’ve never laughed before.
-I expect to hurt for others like I never have before.
-I expect to hurt for others like I never have before.
-I expect to be challenged physically, spiritually and emotionally.
-I expect to cry like a baby if/when I talk to my family and friends who are back home.
-I expect to make a new set of friends…or should I say, family?
-I expect to be angry at my old self for not knowing what the true hurts of the world really are and not making myself aware sooner.
-I expect to be frustrated with the unfairness of me being able to have everything I have ever needed handed to me simply because I was born in this country.
-I expect to see and experience what church and community were meant to be like.
-I expect to yearn for the comforts of home.
-I expect to never want to come home.
There are so many other things that rush through my head when I begin to think about this 11 month journey, but all I really know is I can’t wait!
