And to Russia We Go

Well, it's finally here. Tomorrow a group of us from UIS head to Russia for a two week mission trip. My bags are finally packed, and now I'm just sort of in limbo waiting. I've been stressing all this past week, but it's finally here. For the past couple months I've been going to a new church called Toronto Road Baptist Church. I think what I love most about it is my talks with the pastor. He's great pastor and it's awesome to have access to someone like that. He also pointed me in the direction of a few good books in the New Testament to read through before this trip. One was the book of James. It's just great foundational stuff that you can never read enough. I think my biggest fear right now is can I love these people enough. Being a stranger in a strange land will make it very easy for me to focus on myself, what I'm going through. However I want my focus to be on the people around me. I guess right now I'm just praying for a servant’s heart.

In other news, my parents are taking another trip down to Georgia to see my Mama. They'll be gone all next week. She's taken a turn for the worse and is in ICU with pneumonia. I honestly don't expect her to be living on this earth anymore when I get back. I am happy though for the time I got to see her in the hospital while on vacation and if she does go home to be with the Lord while I'm gone, I look forward to seeing her again in Heaven.

Its times like these I realize how much it really does suck to live in a fallen world. It's also times like these that I just want to scream "Come Lord Jesus Come!". But that day will come in its due course and until it does we have to keep fighting this underground resistance we are in.

I will see you all in 2 weeks, God bless!