tomorrow.

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!