Amsterdam April 27,2008

This certainly is not the first trip I’ve been on, but it’s the first one I’ve written about. We are headed to AFRICA!!! Sudan to be exact. Our team is small but I can already tell it’s going to be a lot of fun, jokes, and pranks. The team consists of Steve and Karen Shell, Chad, Glen, Dave, Jason and I. Or me. However it goes. Anyway, leading up to this trip our lives have been chaotic, what with teams coming to Central America and whatnot. Needless to say, I feel highly unprepared, but my meager life experience so far has led me to observe that many times, that is a good state to be in, this unpreparedness…oh and I’m not ashamed to make up my own words. I think that if I knew what was coming, I probably would be more hesitant to make the trip. God IS sovereign is he not? This is our third day of travel and we are only about 2/3ds of the way there. My contacts are glue to my eyes and I’m sure my breath could use a tic tac, but I’m happy and grateful for this trip. Yeah so we’ll see later if I feel the same way…