So hello everyone! Wow, so I'm currently sitting at gate 23 at LAX about to board my plane. This trip has already been amazing just by the preparation I have had to work on this past summer. For those of you who don't know, I did reach my goal and over in my fundraising and never have I relied so much on God but he delivered when I trusted. I have been packing for the past couple days, yes it was a week long ordeal. I literally had to sit on my bag to close it multiple times when I kept finding things I forgot to put in it. I said bye to my family at 5am this morning and boy are they an interesting group to say bye to haha. Dad drove me to the airport and helped me check in (after we both aimlessly wondered for a couple minutes in confusion) and then he said "alright peace!" and hit the road, he does love me :)
It's kinda funny, people all summer have been asking me if I have been preparing and what I hope to get from this trip and I have been asking the same things to myself. To be honest I don't fully know why I haven't backed out of this trip. Let me explain... I'm a chicken and paranoid and have a lot of anxiety on a daily basis when I'm not flying across the country for 9 months, just the fact that I am here and not too afraid is nothing other than God's grace. It's beautiful. I don't fully know yet the purpose of this trip in my life but I have a feeling I will find out along the way and that's the beauty of it.... Airports are really loud. Just a side note. So ya, from here I fly to MN. and begin my journey on a 12 day retreat at a lake in Wisconsin and then train for another 3 weeks. During this time I will be put on a team, find out where I'm stationed and again take-off, to follow God physically and spiritually. Im chasing him and he's chasing me!
Well, I'm gonna board now but you are in my prayers and I hope I'm in yours. Thank you and God Bless You.
Peace and Love: Erika
