I can hardly believe how real this is. I leave on a plane tomorrow to begin my journey across 3000 kilometers of land and sea. I'm going to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
I had hoped to be going to a French-speaking African Country and I am. Wow! I didn't know it would be the Congo, but if that is wher I am meant to be, if that is where I am needed, then so be it. I am looking forward to meeting the Salesian Sisters in the DRC and learning from them at their school in Kinshasa.
I'm looking forward to working with kids and young people and sharing what I know and learning from them. It will be a different and challenging experience but I'm ready for it.
Even though I'm scared sometimes, and I get choked up thinking of all the people I will miss, I know that this is something I've wanted for a long time and I'm ready for it. A friend said to me a week ago when I wondered aloud, "am I ready?" Here wise reply was, "You'll never be ready." Accepting that statement made me as ready as I will ever be for a life-changing experience like serving on a volunteer mission trip in a foreign country with a foreign language.
I am so proud and simultaneoulsy shaking, but I'm feeling courageous. A leader today said, 'Courage is feeling a little bit uncomfortable every day.' Those are words that will make me feel courages when I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable. Knowing that I can never be truly ready, makes me feel good and that I'll be as ready as I ever can. Here I go!
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