First, welcome to what is about to become my new life. Doing ministry with youth and college aged students in Managua, Nicaragua. I am laughing to myself even as I write this because if you had asked me a year ago if I ever imagine that I would be moving overseas to be on Young Life staff, I would have laughed in your face. But the Lord has a funny way of working things out in the least expected way. More on that later.
Second, I just got my first wave of sadness about leaving. It's really happening. I'm really going to live in another country for (at least) the next three years of my life. I am leaving everything I have known for the past 23 years of my life. Sometimes I think to myself "Jesus, wouldn't it be easier if I just stayed here? Lived in this little duplex with my lovely roommate for the next few years? Life would be comfortable and known and not scary...nothing would have to change."
Oh, but isn't that the beauty of this life? There are only two things that are for certain: God and change. And coming to acceptance with this truth is a hard pill to swallow.
It's all becoming real to me. Leaving. Moving. Changing. Beginning. Ending. Opportunity.
So I guess the real questions for the next few months is how do I say goodbye? To friends, family, Columbia Young Life, 2507 Duncan Street, Diet Dr. Pepper, AC Flora Young Life...
Oh, but isn't that the beauty of this life? There are only two things that are for certain: God and change. And coming to acceptance with this truth is a hard pill to swallow.
It's all becoming real to me. Leaving. Moving. Changing. Beginning. Ending. Opportunity.
So I guess the real questions for the next few months is how do I say goodbye? To friends, family, Columbia Young Life, 2507 Duncan Street, Diet Dr. Pepper, AC Flora Young Life...
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