My Last Week

I now have only a week and a half left here at home before I head out again on this next big adventure. At this point it is all that I can do to not freak out because of how big it all seems. Last night we were talking with some old friends about when my parents first began their carrier at 23 years old and how big and strange and scary it was for them, well here I am at 22 and I have the same feeling. I feel like I have no idea what I am doing, and as I look at them and see how far they have come I can't help but think that there are big things out there for me, but I am yet to discover what they may be. 

At this point I have my trip divided into three parts. Hawaii for two weeks is the first part, then Bandung for three weeks, and then Salatiga for the rest of however long it ends up being. If I think about the whole thing I will get very quickly overwhelmed and very quickly irritated because I have no idea what I am going up against (I do actually, but it all seems very big somehow). So, today I am focusing on spending time with family and friends and getting ready to go, then I will focus on my time in Hawaii, when I am done there I can focus on Bandung, and then I will get to Salatiga when I get to Salatiga. 

Another thing that I have decided to do that is a whole new venture in and of itself is that I have written an article about some of my time in Indonesia, and am wanting to send it into a travel magazine. This is always something that I have wanted to do, and what better time to try my luck than now? The other thing is that if I was able to somehow finance this better on my own then I would really be in better shape. I have the article written, and have looked at some magazines and am trying to prayerfully decide which would be the best one to go to. This is something that I would love some extra prayer for. I don't think I can think of anything I would like better than to travel the world, see all of God's wonderful creation (minister to those I meet) and come home and write about it in order to finance it. So please keep that in your prayers. Also pray because I have sent in all of my information about my visa but have not heard from them yet and time is getting short. I know that it will all work out fine, but I am struggling with not worrying about it. 

One more thing. I am sooooooo excited! I cannot wait to head back to South Eastern Asia, to the land of islands and spices, to the people of music and the sky full of lightning, to all that God has called me to. I am so excited that I did not even write that last line well =). I am really looking forward to my time in Hawaii with my cousins as well. I don't know exactly what will happen there but I am expecting God to do amazing things with me, with them, with the whole sha-bang. So as I sign off know that I am jumping in way over my head and that I am fully anticipating being drenched and discovering that I can swim.