WoW!!!! *insert picture of me here making that word with my mouth, with really wide eyes!* (Did you picture it?? Did you?? It is pretty funny!) I leave for Ghana, West Africa a week from today! I can't BELIEVE it!?!?!?! I am sooooo excited and soooooo nervous! It's a combination of feelings that I have never quite experienced before. Hold me.
I have been corresponding with the staff over there for the past few weeks...that is making it oh so real to me that I will soon be working alongside them! CRAZY! I have been asked to take over supplies for the kiddos...games, library cards, etc. What a joy it will be for me to see the looks on their tiny beautiful faces when they see their new things. (funny, how we totally take all that for granted here. Their eye's will light up when seeing a library card! again, CRAZY!!) What also has been fun for me as I have been praying about my trip is what the Lord is doing in my heart to really just give me a peace beyond my understanding. I feel more relaxed each and every day about traveling (which has been my BIGGEST fear about the whole trip). The Lord has constantly been reminding me the past few weeks that this is HIS plan for me. I do not willingly decide to take a trip, to a completely different culture, fly there all alone, sacrifice time and money, and trust Him to provide for every single need in order for me to get there. That doesn't come naturally to me...BUT it is Him in me that directs me, that gives me the strength to trust for His provision, it is Him in me that calms my heart about traveling, it is Him in me that will shine to these little kiddos that I will soon meet, it is Him in me that will be guiding my every footstep in Ghana. It is HIM, NOT me!!!!!!!! (that's how I know I am supposed to go...this trip pushes me and stretches me in ways that I have never been stretched before, because of He who is in me) So yeah, I'm excited, nervous, but all the while knowing that He is right there with me directing me, loving me, providing for me, and who doesn't want THAT? I'll be sure to have tons of pics and stories and blogs from my time in Ghana...stay tuned!!!!
Recap: Oh my life has been kinda interesting lately. Here's a breakdown of the boringness of me. (is boringness a word?? i LOVE that i use "words" a lot that aren't really real...ok, here we go fo' realzzz) -
J-O-B: LOVE IT! I work for an amazing ministry and am blessed to be a part of it! The Lord is leading and directing and I am just along for the ride! INCREDIBLE!!!
L-O-V-E L-I-F-E: Well I have a special man in my life. He's pretty sweet. Like the best a girl could ever ask for. His name starts with "J" and ends in "esus"!! Waaawhooo! (did u REALLY think that there was another man for me?? if you did, you are either stupid or you have more faith than me! ha!) Yeah, me and the big "JC" have been together now for like 12 years...it's good. He pays for EVERYTHING, teaches me A LOT, and yeah...we're like a couple. OK SERIOUSLY...still single, but never alone...(i'm not sure what has gotten in to me! ha!!)
H-O-M-E: I think my new nickname has become "nomad". I have relocated...yeppp moved for the 2nd time in 5 months! I DO NOT say that proudly!!! Long story...ask if you really want to know...BUT I am praying that the Lord would just bless me with an apartment all by myself that is cheap and cute. He can soooooo provide that...maye not in Morgantown, but hey, I'm willing to go anywhere He wants to take me!
F-O-O-D: Well the Biggest Loser competition is over, sadly my gal pal Ginny and I were not one of the final teams picked :( BUT I have met an incredible community of people that are all on a journey of getting healthy so it has been a HUGE blessing. I am STILL committed to get healthy!!! I'll take some photos soon to show you my progress!
L-I-F-E: I have been learning A LOT. I have been in the Word a ton, been doing a Bible Study that is blessing my socks off...this topic is for another blog. I feel like I have been learning too much to fit into one tiny paragraph...I'm just in a good place with all that which is WONDERFUL!!!!
I think that is it! Soooooo, if I don't get a chance to blog before my trip...I'll see ya on the flip side!!!!