Airport

So the first two flights were fine. I really didn't get much sleep. My legs never fell asleep though! Well we have been hanging out in South Africa's airport for the last 4 hours. Our 945 flight got overbooked and we were bumped to the next flight at 1. So we have another hour before we can fly out. It ended up being a blessing cause we had time to brush our teeth and clean up in the bathrooms. This is going to be interesting :)

Manic Monday

I don't know what word other than overwhelmed to use to explain how I feel right now. I leave early Sunday morning. The whole "packing and being in another country for six weeks" thing isn't what's weighing me down. Thats the easy stuff. I'm Soooo excited to go on this trip. I am so ready to just go. All the implications of what this trip will mean in the end is what's on my mind. Missions is something that I have always been open to. That, I'm not afraid of. I'm not even really afraid. I guess I'm just anxious to see how this trip works out, and how the rest of my life will follow. I'm not expecting this trip to be God's only word on the subject of going into missions when I "grow up." I'm not foolish enough to think, if this is harder than I thought then I shouldn't pursue missions work later on. I'm just a bit of a control freak and would like to know now.

Numero Uno

Be patient with me since this is my first blog since Xanga. I will try to blog a little before I actually leave for the summer. I will be gone 6 weeks total, all of June and some of July. I have pretty much wrapped up my support raising. Now to write out my thank you notes as soon as finals are over! I am trying to get my mind wrapped around this but its so hard to realize that I'm really leaving. I have had such a bad attitude for the last couple of summers because I am always the one who has to stay home. Somehow I am always anchored in the region. I feel like this trip makes up for all of my lonely summers working too many hours and not enjoying my time before adulthood. I don't expect this to be a vacation. But I am so excited to be able to go back to Africa! Alright, thats all you are getting for now.