The Grand Adventure

I decided to take a break from packing everything to sit down and write a little bit. I won’t be living at home for 2 months and on Friday I leave for Panama. My feelings? I’m ecstatic, straight up pumped out of mind. How am I feeling? Right at this moment not the greatest, I’ve been trying to get over a fairly nasty cold (my sinuses were so clogged I had a hard time hearing) and it would be really nice to get over this before Friday… Hard work and a stuffy nose typically don’t work well together. I could definitely use some prayer for this…

As for being packed I’m pretty much good to go and I feel pretty prepared I just need to physically put the items into bags. Packing is making me realize what I’m actually doing and it just makes it that much more exciting! I’m really worried at all about whether or not I packed this or that, in fact I’m really not worried about this trip. I’ve come to trust that God will provide for me enough to the point where worrying isn’t a factor. I’m not worried about what we’re going to eat, what we’ll be doing, where we’re staying, or all of the “what if?” questions.  I trust that God will provide everything we need and that his Will will be done. Worry and anxiety are some Satan’s greatest traps to help us fall and not focus on what’s at hand. Something most of you probably don’t know is that I’ve struggled with anxiety for part of my life. Anxiety attacks suck hardcore you stop thinking straight and you do some very irrational things, it almost ended a relationship for me. Trusting God for everything is difficult but once you can let go it’s so much easier for joy to flow in. That’s why I’m not worried about this trip at all partly because I really don’t have a clue what we’re doing and mainly I’m trusting God and seeing what he does with this trip. With all of the worry out of the way I can focus on what I’m doing and be more effective. 

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

Phillipians 1:21

Prayer requests for this week… Move-in goes smoothly, my cold would pass, and for safe travel down to Panama, and that I will be bolder with my faith daily

Much Love!

Drew