As I blow the dust off of my keyboard, I realize...it has been waaaaaay too long since I have written a blog post. Typically I would apologize for such a travesty BUT this has been a somewhat intentional break. In the past weeks, life has been moving at WARP SPEED. To catch y’all up on the highlights:

• Fundraiser at my home church

• Quit my job

• First country announced...R O M A N I A

• Vacation Bible School

• Various trips to say final “goodbyes” to friends

• Other things that I am choosing to keep close to the vest for the time being :-)

ALL OF THAT to say...the past few months have been a whirlwind and in an attempt to remain present, I have stayed off of my devices.

Except for today. I am currently taking a break from my recent cycle of pack, travel, unpack, laundry, repeat. Today’s packing is slightly different. Instead of my hard cased carry-on, I am packing my pack...THE pack....Big Red...my snail shell for the next 11 months. Tomorrow starts TRAINING CAMP!!! While I am VERY EXCITED, I am also EXTREMELY nervous. All of the planning and anticipation is coming to a head in approximately 24 hours. I will finally be able to hug everyone I’ve been Zooming with over the past 6 months. Again, very exciting but nerve wracking. A constant response I have gotten after explaining that I don’t “know” anyone going on the trip is “Well...I hope you like ‘em!”. Well folks, after this next week of what I assume is roughing it, I’ll let ya know!

With all that being said, I still teeter on the edge of excitement/nervousness (ahhh, anxiety...my sweet spot). All jokes aside, I am curious to see what God has in store over the next few weeks AND in the coming year. Please continue to pray for me and my squad (#msquad) as we abandon our comfortable, familiar lives to proclaim the Gospel across the world. Until next time…(I pinky promise it will be sooner)