oh crap

We leave for Paraguay in under 2 days now, and today I had what we like to call around here an "oh crap" moment. This is when I come to the realization that I am truly leaving and that I will be gone for 10 months. The root of this moment came when I read an email from our contact person in Paraguay. It stated that Rose and Naomi were working together somewhere, Daniel and Jono were headed of together, and Ruth is by herself working with children. Now if you know me well you will know that I don't really like children - infact I tend to call them "little people" not children. I have very little patience with them, and things that most other adults find cute, I find quite annoying. Now there is the odd one that I will take a liking to, but not many. So as I was sitting there reading this email, I began to question what on earth I am doing here. Paraguay was not my first choice of country to go to, and working with children was definitely not in my top three things to do. I held it together for awhile, until Rose came up and asked me how I was doing. Then the tears came. Now I know as my mother reads this she will want to come to Chicago to hug me, but thankfully Rose and my other teammates filled in. I just can't stop thinking about what God is going to have instore for me this year, as it must be huge because of where he is sending me, and what he is having me do. I finally got over my tears and kept telling myself to "suck it up and serve the Lord" (one of our favourite sayings at the flat). I will continue to keep you all updated with what God does have instore for me as he reveals it over the net 10 months.