The Big Day Has Come!

I woke up at 6am when I wasn't supposed to be up for hours, and I just could not fall back asleep. My mind was racing with traveling details and worries of forgetting something or not wearing the right clothes, and I couldn't get it to stop.

Today is the day I leave California to go live and study in South Africa for the next 4 months, and I cannot believe it is here. This day has seemed like a far-off dream for such a long time, and now I am standing right in the middle of it all. I am about to embark on what may be the most life changing journey I ever experience, and my eyes and heart are wide open with really no idea what to expect.

My emotions right now are a mix of nervousness and anxiety, but also of excitement in my state of really having no expectations from here other than to see God move in mighty, incredible ways. I am fully aware that this semester belongs to God, and He will use it exactly how He wants to! My faith is in the Lord, and I have no fear of what is to come!

Today will be the second day to our Orientation, with more informational meetings and final packing details. There will be a commissioning for our group at 5:30pm in Munson Chapel for families and friends and peers to attend and where the President of the school will pray over us and formally send us off! There will be no sleeping for us tonight, because at 2:30am we are loading up the buses and heading to the airport! This means that probably the next time I will be able to blog will be once we arrive in Johannesburg in a few days! Praise the Lord, here we go!