158:14:13:35-
Happy Thursday! I hope you all slept well and had wonderful dreams of horses, meadows, and rainbows! Myslef, I had a nightmare that I was feuding with my best friend and I am positive that food was involved! LOL!
So, you have GOT to wonder what my title is about, yes? Well, I am more than happy to tell you that I have 158 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes, and less than 35 seconds before I am on a plane to Africa! If you had read my other blogs years ago, you know that this has been my plan for a very long time. It is finally getting close. I am so very excited. So excited, in fact, that I find it hard to think about anything else in my day.
I put up all of my child photos in my new cube and was reminded of just how many kids I have and how many I will visit when I go on this trip. I am also drudgingly reminded of how much this will all cost. HOWEVER, today I am choosing NOT to think about that and continue on my search for cheap clothes, toys and various items to bring to the children I will meet on my adventure.
And on the opposite spectrum I think of the not so fun stuff I will see in Africa. But this also has a rainbow of hope... I do not want to be one of those people that are "poverty numb". You know the type, do you not? Those that don't want to see it or smell it because they don't want to have to be part of it. I am the opposite. I want to jump in and see how I can help. I want to be immursed in children that I can hug and talk to. Parents that I can cry with and pray for. I want to experience it and appreciate my own blessings at the same time.
Another thing I want is to spread my passion to my family. I know that this is highly unlikely, but maybe... just maybe... I will be able to help aid that process. Not to ignore poverty and those that need our help and prayers. Not to pity those living with less "things" (and probably more GOD!), and to truly connect with those that need a friend instead of being afraid of getting hurt.
Anyway, I had a lot going on in my head, so I thought I would jot a couple things down for now. 158:14:02:33...
So, you have GOT to wonder what my title is about, yes? Well, I am more than happy to tell you that I have 158 days, 14 hours, 13 minutes, and less than 35 seconds before I am on a plane to Africa! If you had read my other blogs years ago, you know that this has been my plan for a very long time. It is finally getting close. I am so very excited. So excited, in fact, that I find it hard to think about anything else in my day.
I put up all of my child photos in my new cube and was reminded of just how many kids I have and how many I will visit when I go on this trip. I am also drudgingly reminded of how much this will all cost. HOWEVER, today I am choosing NOT to think about that and continue on my search for cheap clothes, toys and various items to bring to the children I will meet on my adventure.
And on the opposite spectrum I think of the not so fun stuff I will see in Africa. But this also has a rainbow of hope... I do not want to be one of those people that are "poverty numb". You know the type, do you not? Those that don't want to see it or smell it because they don't want to have to be part of it. I am the opposite. I want to jump in and see how I can help. I want to be immursed in children that I can hug and talk to. Parents that I can cry with and pray for. I want to experience it and appreciate my own blessings at the same time.
Another thing I want is to spread my passion to my family. I know that this is highly unlikely, but maybe... just maybe... I will be able to help aid that process. Not to ignore poverty and those that need our help and prayers. Not to pity those living with less "things" (and probably more GOD!), and to truly connect with those that need a friend instead of being afraid of getting hurt.
Anyway, I had a lot going on in my head, so I thought I would jot a couple things down for now. 158:14:02:33...
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