It's The Final Countdown

You know that feeling you get on Christmas Eve as a kid? That ridiculous excitement where you feel like you can't sleep and all you want is it to be morning so you can open your presents? Well with less than 24 hours until my plane takes off from LAX that's the exact feeling I have right now: Haiti edition. In fact I've had it for a solid two weeks. Yes I'm a tad bit nervous, I haven't packed yet and so much unknown lies before me with stepping into my first missions trip, but really all I'm feeling is excitement.

Over the past six months God has really had me on an exciting journey. One that has been full of growth, learning and new opportunities. It's been a season where I've chosen to live with my hands open to God and using what he's placed in them day by day. Of course I never perfectly execute it as I wish I could, but God has been consistently providing and helping me grow and figure out what it means to love and follow Him day after day.

So even though I don't speak Creole, I'm a Southern California girl who barely knows what humidity feels like, and I may not be an expert on going on missions trips, I know God has placed in my hands and my heart this amazing adventure. He's placed 20 rock star students and staff members around me, is continuing even up until today to bring in funds for my trip that are still needed, and a heart for this country and these kids we're going to be interacting with.

I'm no extraordinary person and most of the time I don't have all the answers on how to be a perfect Christian, but I do know God's teaching me to love people in the best way possible and I'm trying to live that out to the best of my abilities. So I'm not even looking for what I'm going to do in Haiti or how I'm going to effect people there, because it's God's work, love, and smiles that I'm going to ooze out.  Instead I'm looking to see how those kids and those people around me are going to help me learn to love and serve and how their stories and what I see through my eyes, will have a lasting effect on me. I know when I go there and I experience everything God has planned, it's going to be amazing to see what God teaches me. So with my hands and my heart wide open, an attitude of excitement, and being faithful in how God will use this trip to further shape my story; God I'm ready for all you have in store!