Sitting in that frantic calm that is that moment before you board and airplane- Joe and I are somewhere between feeling like we could sleep for the next three days, and also maybe could run a marathon if we had the time.
Two weeks ago we got an email that meant we could fulfill one of our dreams that lead us to Clarkston in the first place. Sometime last year Joe participated in MTW's disaster response training qualifying him to be in a group of people that agreed to be on a list of folks that would consider traveling short notice. So, on new years eve we got an email that said a group was going to Athens, Greece from the 15th-25th to work with refugees;; let us know in 24 hours if you want to go.
So, we proceeded to freak out, and call all our bosses on a holiday (sorry dears), and decided to go. And yes, it did feel like super short notice- but for us it really didnt require much processing because it was clearly and answer to prayer.... so much so that it would have been disobedient to not go.
In November an opportunity came up to go to Greece through a different group(and that did feel like a shock), and then another with one of our partner churches in December- and this made Joe and I take notice. We couldn't go on these trips because of our work obligations, so we started praying that an opportunity would come up in January when our calendar was more clear. We didn't know how, or who it would be with - but we prayed. So when a group we hadn't heard from in over a year "randomly" reached out- we knew it was no accident, and jumped in.
I feel, excited, nervous, and super ready. We don't know much about what we will be doing - but please pray for :
- our team
-the refugees
-time to reflect
- my emotional heath. The only thing I have to offer is my heart, in hopes it will reflect Christ. And I need to depend on Him for this strength, and sometime I forget that.
- that Joe and I have the opportunity to work with kids
- safety, and good health.
The line is boarding behind me, so off we go!
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