Finally.

Packing was difficult. You know me, I like to be prepared. Well today at training I have learned some very important things. This summer I'm not always going to have exactly what I want. It's rarely going to be the ideal situation.

In talking to some of the leaders and my teammates, this is going to be difficult. We are going to have to be creative, innovative, accountable... the list goes on. So while taking in this overload of information today (which was just a half a day of training, half a day of travel) I couldn't help but be overwhelmed. I got up at 430am and it is 1230 central time.. Needless to say I should go to sleep, but I just wanted to share a few of my thoughts.

God is going to provide. He will be there and here for me always. I think that I need to be a certain type of person but He has made me just how I am supposed to be for this mission and in life. He has fashioned my team together to be effective in the way that He wants. How can I doubt?! We studied our strengths (top 5 strengths from Strengths Quest) and I realized that I am good at those five things because that is who God made me to be. I try to be this well-rounded person, but in the end that is ineffective. In trying to be well-rounded I would never reach my full potential. I must have missed this in life 101...

Training will be intense, but great. We have a full schedule for the next few days of team-building, culture and ministry learning and much more. I thank everyone for your prayers. They are getting me through. :) Anyway it has been a long day. A wonderful day of learning and contemplating and worrying, but it is the end and I cannot complain. I can't even say I am worried anymore. Lovely how God works that out. And how a shower can fix everything!