Anyway, we leave for Japan tomorrow! Craziness. We just had a team dinner and I think all of us are feeling some combination of a) excitement, b) nervousness, and c) that nagging sense of being slightly unprepared. I know that for me (Drew), there is definitely a lot more anxiety than excitement, mainly because it feels like there's a weight that comes with going on a trip like this... almost like it needs to be super amazing to justify all the time, energy and financial support people have poured into our team.
But I am reminded that Christ did the only justifying work I will ever need to claim, and that instead of worrying about our lessons or last minute errands or even language differences, God wants me to be more Mary than Martha... to slow down and realize that the best use of my time is not in making preparations, but simply sitting before the Lord and communing with Him. Oftentimes, I do the exact opposite; get all of the things I need to get done out of the way first, and then spend the last minutes of my day sleepily reading my Bible or praying/drifting off to sleep.
So even though my mind tells me I have eleventy hundred things to do before we step on that plane, I'm going to go talk to the Lord for a bit. If you would like to pray for us and our trip, here are some suggestions:
1) The safety and health of the team during the trip
2) Overall team unity
3) That we would be an encouragement to the people we are working with (and vice versa)
4) That we would be flexible and keep our focus on Christ, not on our plans or our notion of "success"
Drew
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