Reading that blog post seriously just got me so excited. Earlier today I was just thinking about how scared I am for this trip and I'm trying to figure out how on Earth I'm supposed to prepare emotionally for something like this. The longest I've been away from home without my family was the one month I went to Nicaragua two summers ago. But seriously, reading that blog post asking us what we're most excited about reminded me that there is SO much to look forward to! There is SO much to get amped up about and I think I've been letting those things slide under my radar as I let myself worry about the things there are to be nervous about...I am so excited to spend time with YOU (my team mates and leaders) I am so excited to GROW. Spiritually and in many other ways. But I most excited to see God work in the lives of the people that we come across. I am thrilled for the opportunity to build relationships with orphans, widows, refugees, people ill in hospital beds and everyone else I come across. I can't wait to see their faces; the faces of the people that I have been praying for for months now! I can't wait to meet them and show them I love them. I can't wait for them to see God's love through the love that we give them. I'm terrfied and nervous and I'm sure I'll get on that plane and think to myself "What the heck am I doing?? Is it too late to get out of this??" but I know that this trip is going to be incredible. God is going to do amazing things in and through each of us on this trip and I am so blessed to have the opportunity to experience it with you!

It wouldn't be possible for me to take an orphan home with me...would it?