Hello everyone,
I thought I’d get this blog started while I actually have some time to write in it! I only have a few days at home to get things ready to go, and I fly out of Des Moines at 6:30am Tuesday. From Des Moines I fly to Chicago to Miami. In Miami, I will meet the rest of the Americans going to Costa Rica, and we will all fly into Costa Rica together. Just yesterday I found out a little bit more information about the rest of my team. There are 38 students total that will be studying in there, and they are all from Christian colleges in the United States. I do not know any of them, and this kind of makes me nervous!
Actually, nervousness is just one of the emotions that I have felt in the past few days. I am also excited for the new experiences I will have. I am afraid of the unknown. I am anxious to meet my host family (who I know nothing about). I am worried about my inferior Spanish speaking skills. I am content to live simply for 4 months (I have 1 suitcase with all my things). I am happy about starting a new chapter in my life. I am looking forward to learning more about Latin American culture and meeting the people. I am sad to leave my friends and family. I am thrilled to miss another Iowa winter! Even though I am feeling a wide range of emotions, I am overall doing great. Yesterday God gave me an unexplainable peace, and this peace has really trumped the intensity of my emotions. This sense of peace is something much deeper than just a brief emotion. It is truly a gift from God, and I am grateful.
As I prepare to leave in the next couple days, please pray that God empties me and fills me with himself. Please pray for safe travels and for everything to go smoothly. Please pray that God sustains this sense of peace that he has given me, and pray that I truly find my contentment and satisfaction in Christ alone.
Thank you for sharing this journey with me :)
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