Somehow I got everything I own packed into two suitcases. Which is amazing considering my typical packing techniques. Generally my motto is: ‘if it fits it ships.’ I woke up this morning with such a surreal feeling. After all these months of waiting for this day to get here, it was here- but it didn’t truly feel like it, and that feeling followed me to the airport. It was hard to say goodbye to family of course. Leaving home holds a bitter-sweet feeling- not wanting to let go of childhood, but also excited for what God has in store. I can feel your prayers; the Lord has given me peace in my heart all day today. I didn’t even get lost in the airport, which is no small task for anyone that truly knows me well. The Lord has also really blessed me today more than I could have ever expected. I knew that there would be a few students going to WOL, (Word of Life) Argentina on my flight, but I wasn’t sure how meeting them was going to come about. When I first got to the airport with my family, we sat across from another family that appeared to be saying goodbye to their son as well. I thought to myself: “I bet he’s going to Argentina too.” I was right in thinking that, because he is. He introduced himself to me in the Atlanta Air Port, because the coincidence that we would be on the same flight from Dayton to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to Argentina just seemed to strange. I kept thinking to myself how gracious God was in putting us together so swiftly. Five minutes after meeting him, one of the girls going to Argentina on my flight joined up with us, and within a few minutes of meeting her another guy met up with us, and so the four of us, by the grace of God all felt a little better about the twelve hour plane ride to Buenos Aires knowing we knew someone. We all hit it off right away, which was such a blessing! Coincidentally I ended up on this flight with the seat right next to me open. So one of the guys that I met up with ended up sitting with me, which has made this a pretty enjoyable flight.
Right now it is actually five in the morning. Sleeping on air planes has never been easy for me. But it makes for a lot of time to pray, I think I have about 3 more hours to pray! Which is exciting, but I may be running soley on coffee and the grace of God to make it through another day without any sleep. That is all I can say for tonight, my mind is tired even though I cannot sleep.
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