So, I found out that the final count of my group is 31 students! Just last month it was 21. a lot of people just signed up in a little amount of time. crazy. but hey, timing i guess doesnt always matter if you are supposed to be somewhere. Its just encouraging to look back at the process of all of this and see how it came together so perfectly. I can't wait to hear other peoples stories....
Well, I have 5 days before I leave. almost 4. It still hasn't exactly hit me yet. I feel like I have just been busy trying to get everything together that I havent really stopped to think about it all. I'm really excited...maybe a little nervous too :) I'm just ready to get going and finally be there. I just hope that I will make the most of each day and the experiences I have there. I have always been so quick to jump into the next step and think about what I am going to do next that I do not always focus on the chapter of my life that I am in right now. I know that these next 6 months will never come again. I dont want to be worrying about where I am going to go to school next or what I am going to do when I come back in March. I just want to focus on the present and allow God to use me and shape me. This is a verse that encouraged me today:
"Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long." Psalm 25:4-5. That is my prayer.