What Day Will Today Be?

As of today, I am 70 days away from leaving for my mission trip. Every day it's become more and more of a reality for me. Some days it's like "wow I can't believe it's so close!" and then other days it's still like "wow... holy mess it's so close..." It's been really awesome to get to talk to people about what I am doing. A typical question for college aged people to get asked is "what is your major?" or "where are you in school right now?". And my response to them usually begins with "well.... you see..." because normally it's like a few word answer like "FSU and I'm majoring in business" or something like that. It kind of throws people off a little bit when you tell them you are taking off school to go on a mission trip for 6 months. Since the word has spread, more and more people at work are asking about it too which has been really awesome to get to talk to them about it. They are all going to miss me so much there but they try to play it off. I can see right through that though!

In the past couple weeks I have become really obsessed with Christmas and getting into the holiday spirit super early which is kind of usually for me. I'm not like a scrooge or anything but I don't normally start listening to Christmas music in October. But I think the reason for that is because with holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas you associate that with being together as a family and that's all I'm going to want to do is be with my family before many many miles separate us. It's super cheesy and sappy I know but I guess this is just how my brain is processing things.

But as always, God is proving Himself to be just as present as He always has been. Even days when I feel like nobody understands what I am going through, I know I'm not alone. Jesus dealt with knowing He was going to be separated from His earthly family and friends but He made sure He spent time with them and let them know that He loved them. Jesus gets it! I'm not alone. And that fact is what allows me to have more of the "wow I can't believe it's so close!" days and less of the "wow...holy mess it's so close..." days.