We were asked to write a blog about how we felt before leaving on this mission trip. Here are my top 10 expectations…
- adventure: I expect to have fun and enjoy doing new things and discovering new cultures.
- brokenness: I expect to fall on my knees and bow before my holy God completely stripped of everything.
- community: I expect to experience true Biblical community. I expect to learn to express grace and selflessness.
- discovery: I expect to discover new parts of the world through local people and missionaries and to discover new parts of myself through challenging myself to live outside of my comfort zone.
- family: I expect to miss my family (biological, friendships, brothers and sisters in Christ) in the United States immensly, yearning for a kind word of encouragement when things get tough on the field. I also expect to build new “familial” relationships with teammates.
- healing: I expect to see God heal (physically and spiritually) in ways beyond my imagination.
- humility: I expect to be humbled and completely stripped of my pride. I expect to need to submit to my teammates, to the expertise of locals, and to the will of God.
- prayer: I expect to “pray continually.” In everything I do with everyone I meet, I expect God to be present in the midst of us.
- revival: I expect to experience revival of remote people groups, but even more so in my own life and heart. I expect to come home with a sense of refreshed purpose and renewed fervor.
- worship: I expect to worship the God of the past, present, and future… like there’s no tomorrow!
