so...tomorrow is a big day. i leave from milwaukee, wi and go to miami, fl...and a few days later to Guatemala. it's been something i have been looking forward to for the past 7 months. and now...it's becoming reality. did you ever have those times where, when you do something...or go somewhere, it just doesn't seem real? like everything you do is a dream? yep. that's how my life feels right now. sitting here in the hotel room with my mom and little brother (who is getting an infection in his finger cleaned out)...and realizing that in about 12 hours i will be in the air...away from home...comfort...family...life as i know it...yeah. it's kind of overwhelming. God has been preparing me, though-gently guiding my thoughts to Him when i start to freak out about taking the shuttle bus to the airport in the morning...and to the hotel in miami when i land...all by myself. when i start to wonder how our team is going to get along...if there will be any disagreements...if my luggage will make it to Guatemala...or if i will be able to remember all the spanish i have learned over the past 5 years. will the people of Guatemala be gracious and patient? will they laugh at us? will they receive us with open arms? will there be some opposition? and God says...as He has been telling me all along..."it's gonna be ok. it'll be alright. don't go expecting much: that people will like you. where you will go. what you will do. just go...expecting Me." so...as i process this...i am reminded again: God is God. i am not. this trip is all about Him. not about me. everything that happens is to glorify Him. wow.

so...i'm excited that you all are on this journey with us...and hope that you can catch even just a glimpse of the amazing things that God is going to do.

blessings,

Molly :)