Departure

In less than three weeks I will be boarding a plane with my life packed into three bags. It has been fairly freeing to shed material possessions, say goodbye to my ever-increasingly stressful job, and put my trust in the One who owns everything. I have spent the last four weeks traveling to see family and friends and have been so encouraged. It is overwhelming to think of all of the people that God has brought into my life and the massive amount of support that is available to me.
This trip is not just about going and helping an organization reach out to orphans. I know this is training for me and intend to learn as much as I possibly can.

This is the beginning of the fulfillment of promises that I have been holding on to for many years.

Over the last year, I have finally found the courage to pursue those promises again. My motto in my classroom for the last five years or so has become, 'I mean what I say and I say what I mean'. I know that consistency and integrity give my students the security they need in order to be all that they can be. I have been challenged in the area of trust and how much more does He mean what He says...I am learning!

This blog will be the main means I use for updates while I am in Zambia. I will have access to email at least once a week and will be keeping up with myspace as well. The next post is the story of how I arrived at the decision to go this year.