Remember back to the spring semester of your senior year in high school for a moment with me. Preparations began for graduation. Graduation announcements go out. Party plans are made. Graduation outfit is picked out. RSVP’s come back in. Food is bought. House is cleaned. Pictures are taken. Food is prepared. Graduation commences. Party starts. Food consumed. Time to clean.
Things we look forward to always seem to take so much preparation and then are over with so quickly. Often, I think, we don’t want them to be over simply because of all the preparation that goes into them. We have expectations about how they will go based on how much preparation goes into them. When they are over, if they did not go the way we anticipated or expected, we are left upset. If it is much better than planned then we are sad its over and look forward to planning the next one.
I’ve been preparing to move back to Haiti now pretty much since I got back in March. Paperwork had to be filled out, money had to be raised, churches had to be scheduled to speak at, things had to be purchased, plane tickets bought, visa information gathered, bags packed and goodbyes said.
While I am filled with anticipation, excitement, sadness, happiness, etc. (a true paradox of feelings), I am getting to the point where I just want to get on the plane and be done with it all. I am tired of thinking about what is packed and what is not. I am tired of the anticipation of what is to come. I am ready to start living it. I am ready to get to Haiti and begin resettling my life (even if that will take months).
So there it is for you. A glimpse into what is going on in my life. I still have a few final things to do on Monday before heading to Albuquerque. I fly out on Tuesday morning to the Dominican Republic for a few days before heading to Haiti on Saturday with a team that is going to Haiti to help build the kids new houses!
Everything will come together in time. I just have to be patient!
God is Faithful, God is Good and God is God.
