So.
Three days until I leave Chicago. Three days until I leave the United States. Three days until there are only four people who will understand me when I speak English.
Really more like two days. Or two and a half. Paraguay team flies out at nine o'clock Sunday morning. Which means we are leaving this flat at five. In the morning.
It's exciting. And scary. There has been a nervous energy running through the entire group tonight.
I'm not even sure what to say about this ... this journey. The time has come for the teams to split and go in their own directions. Time for us to leave our families and loved ones for a year. Time for personal growth. Time for expanding world views.
Time for extreme excitement, and happiness as well as a penetrating loneliness.
"There is a time for everything
and a season for every activity under heaven"
(Ecclesiastes 3:1)
We are blessed.
Part of the excitement of a journey is seeing sites and having experiences you have not seen and experienced before. God speed and safety to you as you take these next steps on your path.
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