Sunday, August 30, 2009

I'm not packed yet...

I have been home from orientation for about five days now, and it is time for me to head back to the airport. I fly to England tomorrow! I am so excited and ready to begin this amazing journey. Orientation was amazing. If that is any indication of what is to come then I can't wait. It has taken a lot of strength to say goodbye to all of my family and friends, but I believe so much in what I am a part of that I know I'll be fine. I am praying for my fellow YAGM's all around the world.

"O God of beginnings, as your spirit moved over the face of the deep on the first day of creation, move with me now in my time of beginnings, when the air is rain-washed, the bloom is on the bush, and the world seems fresh and full of possibilities, and I feel ready and full. I tremble on the edge of a maybe, a first time, a new thing, a tentative start, and the wonder of it lays its finger on my lips. In silence, Lord, I share now my eagerness and my uneasiness about this something different I would be or do; and I listen for your leading to help me separate the light from the darkness in the change I seek to shape and which is shaping me." - Ted Loder