Finally Here

So the departure date is finally here. I have 30 mins until I have to leave for the airport, and roughly 3 hours until my flight is scheduled to leave. IT is seriously surreal that I am actually leaving. I was talking to my mom over lunch today and told her how I was thinking about the last 5 weeks at home and how that isn't even HALF of my summer. I have the incredible gift and blessing to spend it IN ZIMBABWE! How cool. I am so excited and so nervous and so confused all at the same time. I don't quite know how to process all of this, but I do know that God has it all under control. My family, friends, and boyfriend at home, my future best friends and international family in Africa, any unexpected circumstances Mason and I may find ourselves in, and the list goes on. I can wonder and worry about them all day long, but as Matthew 6 says, worrying cannot add a single hour to our lives. The preparation for, departure to, and perseverance through this trip are all giant leaps of faith for me and my relationship with the Lord. I am learning to trust Him and His sovereignty over any other worldly security I may try and cling on to, and it is great. Pray for a NONdelayed flight because it just started pouring, but also pray for a safe one. HERE WE GO!!