Three weeks until leaving for Albania!

I have a lot of emotions surrounding this. Stress, excitement, uncertainty, eagerness. There’s a lot of unknowns but also a lot of anticipation to just go. I’ve had to rely on God a lot and surrender my thoughts to Him. Stress has been a main emotion these last few weeks about finally leaving for this trip. I’m stressed that I won’t raise up the funds that I need and stressed that I won’t be adequately prepared. In times that these thoughts are weighing me down, prayer helps me remember that God knows what to do and He knows what is best for me. One of my advisors for the trip said that God wouldn’t call me to go if He wasn’t going to provide, and that is now something that I constantly am reminding myself.

I’ve seen so clearly how supernatural the peace that God gives us is. One prayer and cry of help to God can calm my mind that was minutes before suffocating my thoughts. No person or thing can cause that kind of peace, only the all powerful Father. It’s a comfort to know that God has my future in His hands, I just need to constantly give it back to Him when I take it and try to control it myself.

In these last few weeks preparing to leave I would so deeply appreciate prayer. I want to keep relying on God and surrendering every stress and worry into His hands because He is the one who will take care of it. Prayer for preparation too, to be ready and humble to serve and go out to be the hands and feet of the Lord. And finally financially, that the Lord will provide and bring people to come alongside me and this trip. 

God is good and I know that He will always be with me