Today is the big day! I am sitting here at the computer 30 minutes before I leave for the airport. I'm pretty anxious, excited and fearful all at the same time. It feels very weird to know that tomorrow around noon, I will be in South America! So cool! It is always exciting to go to places you've never been before! I'm excited to see the wildlife, the culture and the people. I know this will be amazing!
I found out that I will not have any access to Internet and probably not to a phone either. I will be without any technology until I get home on the 18th. That is crazy in itself!
I've been thinking alot about this verse today:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The heavenly Father KNOWS I need some of that peace right now!
God has done some AMAZING things leading up to today! I wish I could tell everything and if I had not been so consumed with other things over the last couple of days, I would have been able to tell alot of them.
Everything for this trip has just lined up so perfectly, I know the hand of God was on this from the moment I said yes. Things that have taken others months to do God has done in weeks. It is truly amazing and I have a new found trust in God that I did not have before.
As I get ready to walk out the door, I pray that I will keep my eyes, my ears and my heart open to God and to what he wants from me and for me on this trip. I never would have chosen to go to the Amazon jungle, so I know there is a specific reason what he wants me to go. I pray I don't miss it.
I am so very thankful to all of my friends who have donated. The financial obligation was lightened so tremendously that we have room to breath. I can not tell you how much it means to me that you have made a sacrifice to help me go to Brazil. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! It has been extremely overwhelming.
Please pray for Rob and the boys - it has been a rough couple of days for us. I hope that it is just all of the tension that has led to me leaving and that once I am gone, it will even out as much as it can.
17 days until my return. I can't wait to share with you everything that will happen and the pictures of what I have seen.
God Bless!
Christy
