Ok, so just to start things off I am not the best writer so I want to send my apologies from the start!
Jan. 5: I was walking on a snow fallen path with snow falling around me. I realized that the Spokane scene was absolutely beautiful!!! I really felt like I was in Narnia on a perfect day and it would be a year before I would see snow again!
Thoughts kept pounding through my head as well as I waited to leave for the airport. What am I doing leaving for an entire year? Am I really going to share the Gospel message to others. One thought that kept going through my head was “Is this really worth it? Is God really worth it? Am I actually giving up a year of my life for God?” I think I was just questioning my faith for awhile and realizing that as the time got closer for me to leave, that yes absolutely God is worth it!!! People deserve to know the absolute and indescribable joy that God brings to one’s life. I know what it is like to feel broken and completely lost, but I also know what it is like to be found by God and give my life over to Him. I want others to know this and this is why I am going to go to Australia and share with other college students the joy that God has brought into my life and into my heart!
I pull up to the airport and say my last goodbye….it is hard! I will not be back for a year, but God’s joy keeps flooding into my heart! I get my bags checked and everything is ready to go! As I take off from Spokane I look out and say one more goodbye to the city that I love, the city that has become my home! It is time for me to get uncomfortable again for the Gospel!
The flight from Spokane to Seattle was very smooth as was the flight from Seattle to LA. I land in LA and have 2 hours at my gate before boarding. I try to keep myself busy and not think too much about the fact that in a couple hours I will be leaving the US for a year! I sit and enjoy a Starbucks and wander through the shops. I decide to call my sister before boarding the plane to talk to her and it was so good! I am so proud of her and just the amazing big sister she is to me! She is so excited for me for following my dream and my passion! With that, I say my final goodbye and start boarding the plane to Sydney!
As the plane begins to move out of LA, tears fill my eyes as I look out the window. I am leaving everything comfortable. I am leaving my family, my home, my friends, everything to take this crazy adventure God has for me! I begin to think through the thoughts I had earlier that day about is this worth it….the more I thought the more I knew that it was worth it and Jesus is worth anything to me! I would go anywhere He wanted me to go and this is the calling He had for my life during 2011. I know Australia will be the best place for me because it is the place Jesus wants me!
Even though I am scared, I am uncomfortable, I am doing a job most people don’t understand…I know I must do this for Jesus! He is worth it and I cannot hold onto the joy that He has given me for myself. I want to share it with others and it is a great opportunity that God has given me!
I arrived in Australia on January 7th….the plane flight was VERY long, but I am here and staying with a friend until the staff get back on Monday! I am praying they have a place for me to live and that logistics will work out! I really do miss the United States and would love prayer for a smooth and good transition this week!
Thank you all for your prayers and support…I know this is where God wants me so there is no better place for me! I know I need to work through some questions and just grow in my faith this year…pray that this year brings significant growth, which means being broken down and built back up!
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