After a RIDICULOUS Thursday morining of trying to get to the airport….I arrived in Atlanta at 1:15pm. The welcoming committee was more excititng than I can put into words! As I expected, seeing all of my new found friends from April was AMAZING! I never knew I could love and miss people so much that I had only spent 10 days with. Thursday was full of excitement, and to my surprise I slept very well on my plywood bunkbed.
This morning I’m not sure how to put into words how I am feeling. I don’t think it’s quite homesickness, but I am having a hard time comprehending the fact that I won’t be going home at the end of training camp–and that I will be on my way to THAILAND!!! Even writing this it seems unreal. I can’t believe that I am acctualy doing the thing that I have watned to do since I was 12 years old, and at the same time I am doing what the Lord has planned for my life since the beginning of time.
In some ways I don’t feel ready to do this year of intense ministry—BUT I KNOW I am supposed to. In that…I am at peace. I am looking forward to this week and a half of training, and know that the Lord will continue to prepare my heart for the things He is going to allow me to encounter this year.
Please continue to pray for my team–that we will become more and more of a family, and to be able to function well together. The AIM staff is praying about the teams, and they may be moving some of us around…so please pray for guidance and peace over the staff–and the teams to be at peace about the decision they make. Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement–I can feel them! I will update again before we head out to Thailand. Love you all!!!!
