Excitement. Sadness. Anxiety. Exhaustion. Peace. These are the words that currently describe how I am feeling. I am sitting in the Dallas airport thankful that I’m finished with my “see you laters.” This week was a bit more difficult than I had anticipated.
Last week I was in D.C. for my IJM training, which I enjoyed way more than I had anticipated. Obviously, my anticipation expectations are a little bit off right now, but I’ll work on that. I think part of the problem, in this case, was that I knew I had to wear a business suit every day. I knew that this would probably cause an identity crisis (it kind of did) and that it would hinder my week (it totally didn’t). Anyways, training week completely pumped me up for South Asia. I met some incredible people that I am so excited to spend more time with and was left with a deep sense of peace knowing that I am doing exactly what the Lord wants me to be doing. This is very encouraging, because sometimes when I think about all the people I’m leaving behind, I get a little panicky. At the end of training week, I could not wait to begin my grand adventure to South Asia. Unfortunately, as soon as I landed in Tulsa I was reminded that I would soon have to say goodbye to an amazing family and a phenomenal community/church. This made for an interesting week, but I lived through it and am officially on a new adventure! Whoo hoo!
In other news, I sat next to a pretty awesome lady on my flight to Dallas. She predicts that I will someday be famous…either in Bollywood or on the travel channel. Time will tell. I'm sure your hoping it'll be Bollywood.
Ok, well I better go walk around the airport before I get the opportunity to sit down for 20 more hours. Lucky me J.
Side note: I have safely arrived in South Asia.
