Preparing

    My walls are bare, and there's very minimal in my closet. It's like those scenarios in the movies where the college kid packs up and leaves all the luggage by the door ready to go off to school--and I'm finally getting to experience it myself.

   It's definitely a situation that comes with 2 very different emotions: Excitement & restlessness for the journey,

and
fear.

  Indeed, I am admitting that I do have fear, but not the "terror" kind of fear, but more of the fear that has a nervous quality to it because I don't know what to expect. And for me, uncertainty is, well...uncertain.
  So I'm asking for prayer right before I start: Please pray for my ability to adjust, not only to an entirely different environment of life (going from city life to camp life), but also to the schedule, the classes and also to the many different people that I'm going to spend a majority of my time with. Also, please pray for my heart. Kaleo is translated as "to call" (Greek) and what God has called me to at Kaleo (and beyond) has not been revealed but I pray that whatever it is I can receive the task with a willing and servant heart. One final thing that I would love you to do is pray that God humbles me by breaking down the walls that I have built. How or when He plans on doing it, I will not know until it happens- but pray that I can praise Him through those storms.

  With only 2 days left there is still so much to do so my mind and my body are kept very busy. But I'm now at the point where I'm ready to get going...ready to get out the door-thankfully I have a wonderful mother who keeps reminding me to enjoy these last two days for what they are and what they'll give me.


I'm packed, and rearing to go. Bright and early Wednesday morning I leave...SO VERY CLOSE!!!!!!!