Denise
 
I’m trying not to have too many expectations of this trip for the sake of keeping an open mind, but here are some of the things I do think are going to be inevitable…
 
I expect:
 

  • To cry– a lot
  • To learn to feel more deeply
  • To appreciate everything more
  • To grow in love and faith
  • To touch people’s lives, and vise versa
  • To want to do more than I am capable of
  • To witness miracles
  • To learn to depend on others more
  • To learn the true meaning of selflessness
  • To be homesick
  • To make life-long friends (that’s you! :-D)
  • To live on faith
  • To fall even more in love with my husband
  • To truly see God and His Glory
  • To have a hard time readjusting to the states once this part of my journey is over
  • The unexpected
I would have to say that there is something that I am yearning for, and that’s best said by this awesome song…

 
“Heal my heart and make it clean, Open up my eyes to the things unseen,
Show me how to love like you have loved me…
Break my heart from what breaks yours, Everything I am for your kingdoms cause,
As I go from nothing to Eternity…”

-Hosanna, Hillsong United-

 
Scott

·        To meet incredible people, living lives extremely different from my own, who are desperately in need of God’s love.

·        To see God’s beauty reflected not only in the people we meet, but also in the breathtaking scenery we will be surrounded by.

·        To be challenged in ways unlike anything we have ever experienced in school, jobs, or at home.

·        To be physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually broken down to the point that all we have left to rely on is God.

·        To experience God’s strength, grace, and love as he builds us back up into the people he wants us to be.

·        To share this experience as husband and wife, and in doing so, to grow closer than ever before.

·        To form meaningful friendships with our fellow racers.

·        Anything and everything else. God’s plan rarely coincides with our expectations, so we are ready for practically anything.

“A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the ‘why’ for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any ‘how.'” ~ Viktor Frankl