Imagine this: you haven't seen your best friend in years. Things have happened and your lives have just gone in separate directions. You had always been friends. Life just got in the way. And then all of a sudden, you see them. And it's like every thing that has separated you has melted away and suddenly it doesn't matter. You just catch up about life and what's been going on and it's as if you have been together the whole time.
That's kind of what's been happening these past few days. Both our team and the team getting sent out to Africa have all bonded so well. I mean it did help that we had all stalked each other on facebook and sometimes we surprise each other by how much knowledge we have gained from facebook. But it's okay! We are all being deep and sharing things about ourselves that you normally wouldn't tell someone you just met. It's so perfectly clear that all of the prayers for our group bonded have been hardcore answered. We have also talked about what to do when issues do come up because let's be for real, there will be some. There are days when we are going to be tired and irritable and we may accidentally drive you crazy. The important thing is that we don't let all of that get to us. Hey, maybe you can pray for that!
One thing that has been super great about our training time in Fort Wayne is the time we have taken to not only talked about our relationships with the people we will be meeting and coming in contact with but also our relationship with God. And the thing that stands out to me is that Experience Mission is not at all trying to tell us what to believe. They are just challenging us to continue to dig deep and see what God might be saying to us about different topics. So yes, we have gotten a little information about where we are going. They said we will be getting more information about that the first couple days in each location. But I love how much it shows they really do care about our relationship and our picture of God.
Today we have the great adventure of driving 10 hours to New York in minivans. 20 people with hiking backpacks and various other bags in 3 minivans. If you do the math, there's not a lot of wiggle room. So also please pray for the drivers that they keep all of us safe. Because we are kind of very dependent on them right now. But I also have had this heart to heart with Jesus and realized He wouldn't call me to do this incredible missionary experience and then wipe me out on the way there. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Hopefully I will get to make pretty consistent posts. But depending on what we're doing, it may be kind of hard. So I'm just going to give you all the updates I can while that's an option for me. I love you all so much!
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