There is Always Enough

My Grand Adventure: Day 4.

I have officially spent the night in a foreign country. Sorry Pampers, I'm a big kid now. BUT not only did I spend the night in a foreign country, but I got to spend it with my amazing big sister, Jamie Jaye.  To be honest, she is the best big sister on this earth. (I am, admittedly, biased. However, I am also right.) After getting in some much needed familia time in Hawaii, she allowed me to get a taste of Korean life. Metaphorically of course, but also literally... although I don't know if I'll be eating kimchi or pickled radish ever again. It was my first immersion in a foreign culture, and in those three days I learned more than I thought possible for the time given. It was the first time I was ever the minority. I was the one at whom people stared; I was the clueless one with whom people would get frustrated; I was the foreign one. I think it is a good warm-up for the next part of my grand adventure. I am currently in Hong Kong Airport and will be boarding my plane to Joberg in around an hour. Luckily, throughout this travel whirlwind I have had a companion: an inexorable knot in the pit of my stomach, my own little conglomerate of excitement and anxiety. For now, it is keeping me awake. If I let myself, I will worry about my checked bags, my carry-ons, my connections, my money, my passport, customs, etc. The fact that I worry so much is of course no good. For we should "not be anxious about anything" (Phil 4:6) but I think God also sees the implications behind it. I worry because this means so much to me. All of the things God has been teaching me and showing me have all been intertwined with one another, and this is the pinnacle. The very thing for which my heart has been subconsciously crying out: a respite from the demands of college life and a coming together of international community to have one overflowing heart for our sweet Jesus. I'm freaking pumped, y'all. God is already sweetly  breaking me of things and walls have already started to slowly come down... AND I'M NOT EVEN IN MOZAMBIQUE YET! Crazy stuff. I can't wait until I get there and dive into this new environment. God will rock my world, just you wait. I have learned lately how okay it is to have expectations for God. We have expectations for our peers, our professors, our family, why not my Best Friend? The secret behind this, though, is that God has a tendency to overdeliver in the best of ways. You ask Him for food enough for 1 and he will give you food enough for 5,000. Wow, we serve the coolest God! So by all means I earnestly desire and expect for God to move in my life, knowing I will uphold my part in the process as well. So my dear friends? Pray for me please, for this is the biggest thing to happen to me since the womb. I love you all very much!

Over and out, Girlscout.