The month of May is almost done and the countdown is 8 months away. So many mixed feelings as these last couple months are approaching, but the biggest realization is that my life is going to change. Change is something that truthfully I don't do very well with, especially a lot of change all at once. Maybe because some situations I can't control and I have to wait to see how they play out, maybe because I want to know step by step how something is going to happen and only God knows. One thing that is certain is that this season of living in Orlando is coming to a close, a temporary close but still a close. This will be a very hard life to leave because of the people that I will miss and the lives that I won't get to be apart of on a day to day basis. 

BUT.....what's the big picture??

The big picture is that I get to embark on this trip for Jesus. This is not just some mission trip that I want to go on and "do a good deed." No. This is an opportunity to reach those who maybe haven't heard the gospel, or maybe have heard it but have no interest. God has orchestrated my path to be able to go and I trust in Him fully. Living out of a backpack, sleeping out of a tent, exploring new areas where there are creepy crawlers, new atmosphere's.....um.......did I mention I wasn't a fan of change? Will this be scary? Yes. Will I survive? I believe so. Knowing that my church family is praying for me for this gives me confidence, but most of all leaning wholly on the Lord. 

As the count down to change continues I ask that you pray for my mental, spiritual, and physical states during this process!

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans of a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11