this past week i said goodbye to many family and friends
and packed lots of clothes and bandanas and towels and sheets and aloe and photos
into two suitcases and a carry-on.
because i'm leaving for mexico tomorrow!
and i put the rest of my belongings into cardboard boxes and taped them shut
because when i get back from mexico my family will have probably moved to a new house
without me.
when i get back i'll get to see their new house
and then i'll gather everything up again and move in with a friend who lives closer to school.
but in between the leaving and coming back
i'm going to meet a whole bunch of little Mexican people
and share God the Father's love with them.
i'm going to run around with new friends
in the dust and sunshine and thunderstorms.
i'm a little scared -
a new place
a new country
a new language.
but i'm mostly exhilarated and expectant
because of what i think God's gonna do in my life during this time
and in the lives of lots of other little people.
i think it's gonna be a good summer.
tiring and sunburnt and happy and exciting and new and memorable.
see yah tomorrow, mexico! looking forward to our meeting!
