A little more than two weeks ago I packed up the remaining
things in my apartment and headed home for a month. The plan during the month
was to get last minute details done and spending a great amount of time with my
family. Being at home has been good. I have been doing a lot of Christmas
baking and cooking. Spending time with the family playing games has also been
good. I never really realized how precious this time with my family would be,
until just recently.
For me this mission trip is a time for me to spend time with
God. I am going to be having new experiences everyday and seeing God in a whole
new light. However, for my family the only change for them is that I won’t be
around. It’s not like before where I could just come home during the weekend,
for them its going to be 11 long months. Repeatedly they have told me how scared
they are for me.
just following what I feel God has placed on my heart. However, whether it is the
end or not, will not depend on whether I leave for this mission trip or not.
Our time here on earth is set and that appointed time is set before we are even
born. Going overseas does not scare me, but it scares myfamily and I hope that you keep them in your prayers as I
leave.
“For you created my inmost
being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full
well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, yours eyes saw my
unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before
one of them came to be.”
-Psalm 139:13-16
