After 3 hours of sleep, an hour and a half in the car, and 2 hours in the plane I have made it to Orlando.
Now I get to kill 6 hours in the airport.. 3 down 3 to go as of right now. Hopefully soon I will start meeting up with other people in my unit and connecting with them before we get picked up by a big white van at 4:30.
I still don't think everything has really sunk in, I guess it will when I start meeting people and actually get to camp Ithiel. This whole time I have had an unexplainable sense of peace about it all and even now I am not nervous.
I know it will all work out and be wonderful.
That's all for now
Micah 6:8
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Lifesong
It's hard to believe in only 14 days I will be on my way to Florida for BVS Orientation! I would say ever since I was in late middle school I always had thought I would like to join BVS but it was always this far off dream of mine. I never believed it would actually happen.
I had a phone interview on Friday with one of the girls who will be helping to lead orientation. We talked briefly about my assignment and where I would be going, which is Northern Ireland (as long as my interview goes well at orientation).
She then asked me questions like; how do you deal with being around other people, how do you handle conflict, do you get homesick and how do you deal with that? I was expecting these sort of questions and answered them with ease. However, her last question however made me think about why I am really doing BVS. She asked how has your faith impacted your desire to join BVS?
I stopped for a few seconds and thought about her question... For so long I had gotten wrapped up in the idea of living somewhere else, moving away from home, what would happen to me, and would I be able to handle it all. but in that moment the answer came easily; my faith and religion has taught me to put other people before myself to serve others without ceasing and God will take care of me in return. It is my job as a Christian to show others the way and act as Jesus would have by being kind and loving everyone regardless. That night as I was going to bed I thought about this more and how everything that has happened on my journey to BVS has been a "God thing" and the song "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns came to mind.
LORD, I give my life
A Living sacrifice
To reach a world in need
To be your hands and feet
So may the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You
The other night I had a sleep over with one of my friends and she said to me "I don't understand how you are so calm, not knowing for sure where you are going and preparing yourself to leave for a whole year" I didn't have an answer for her really all I could say was I fully believe it is in God's hands and everything will work out.
I cannot express how excited I am to join a new community and be a part of that for a year, to share my talents with others and see what God has in store for me along the way. It's amazing to me that my small dream in middle school is becoming a reality.
I had a phone interview on Friday with one of the girls who will be helping to lead orientation. We talked briefly about my assignment and where I would be going, which is Northern Ireland (as long as my interview goes well at orientation).
She then asked me questions like; how do you deal with being around other people, how do you handle conflict, do you get homesick and how do you deal with that? I was expecting these sort of questions and answered them with ease. However, her last question however made me think about why I am really doing BVS. She asked how has your faith impacted your desire to join BVS?
I stopped for a few seconds and thought about her question... For so long I had gotten wrapped up in the idea of living somewhere else, moving away from home, what would happen to me, and would I be able to handle it all. but in that moment the answer came easily; my faith and religion has taught me to put other people before myself to serve others without ceasing and God will take care of me in return. It is my job as a Christian to show others the way and act as Jesus would have by being kind and loving everyone regardless. That night as I was going to bed I thought about this more and how everything that has happened on my journey to BVS has been a "God thing" and the song "Lifesong" by Casting Crowns came to mind.
LORD, I give my life
A Living sacrifice
To reach a world in need
To be your hands and feet
So may the words I say
And the things I do
Make my lifesong sing
Bring a smile to You
The other night I had a sleep over with one of my friends and she said to me "I don't understand how you are so calm, not knowing for sure where you are going and preparing yourself to leave for a whole year" I didn't have an answer for her really all I could say was I fully believe it is in God's hands and everything will work out.
I cannot express how excited I am to join a new community and be a part of that for a year, to share my talents with others and see what God has in store for me along the way. It's amazing to me that my small dream in middle school is becoming a reality.
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