The countdown begins……
T-minus 37 days.
I recently got my "launch" date. This is the day that I officially leave the United States. That date is September 10, 2013. We will be launching from Atlanta, Ga. (Looks like I am headed down to Georgia again!) I actually have to be down in Georgia on the 6th of September. I have some more training to do and we all are getting back together as a team. As a part of Team Ahava, I have been asked to be the treasurer. The treasurer has the duties of keeping track of the money and where it is going. I am honored to be given this task to do for my team. I am looking forward to it.
So I officially leave home on September 6, 2013 and I wont be back for 11 months. It feels different now. It feels real. A date is written down, it is not just some wisp floating around in the air, it is concrete. I am leaving.
When I got the e-mail reveling the actual date, it felt surreal. It is one of those moment you have in your life where you know you will never forget. I got to celebrate that moment with God. I opened a bottle of wine I had gotten for my Birthday and I shared a toast with God. It was just He and I, the way it was supposed to be. This is a journey we start together. I took my glass outside, and I laid out in the sunshine. It was so beautiful.
I never wanted this moment to end. I wanted to saver each second. I was so filled with joy. I just sat there taking it all in. I wanted to soak every ounce out of that moment. I didn't want to miss a thing. It was a beautiful time, and I will never forget it.
This is my hope for my trip. I can not believe what a privilege this is, what a blessing this trip is. I want to take it all in. No matter what comes. I want to live every moment I have on this trip. I know some of it won't be the greatest. I will probably endure harder things on this trip then I have ever experienced in my life. But that is ok, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I will also experience some of the greatest moments of my life on this trip.
I want to be like a sponge and soak it all in. I am so excited.
So the countdown begins.
I have 37 days until I leave. I feel I still have so much to do before then. Sometimes is it overwhelming. I ask for your prayers this last month. Prayers that I will get everything done, prayers that my teammates will do the same. Also prayers that I will enjoy these last few days with the ones that mean the most to me. I will miss them, and I know they will miss me.
Cheers to you all, Thanks for taking apart of this journey with me. It is going to be good.
God bless!
Paige
