Well, here I wait at the PDX airport for the longest flight of my life. I will leave tonight, Sunday, at 10:35 PM and I will arrive on Tuesday at noon in J-burg. Thank God I have someone meeting me at the airport. I have so many different thoughts running through my head. I finally feel comfortable with all that I packed (most likely because I can’t do anything about it now. I am taking off for a year, which is frightening, but almost no different than studying abroad. At the same time, I will be faced with physical, emotional and mental challenges that I have never encountered before. I wish I could take a mold of who I am now so that one ear from now I could compare to the person I do become. I don’t mean to be cheesy at all, but this year will likely blow my mind. I have never really lived in an impoverished nation before. I have never spent so long from my family. As my nerves go haywire, I am also excited and hopeful. Bruce already has been a good confirmation of the faith I am placing in the people supporting me on that foreign continent.
Peace all,
Mike