And So It Begins

Well, it's here. 

The night before I leave for Accra, Ghana. The moment I have been waiting for since those desperately cold, depressing winter days many months ago. I'm not really sure what I feel. Over the past few months countless people have been asking me if I'm excited, to which I always enthusiastically replied yes. And although the excitement hasn't changed, there is definitely the presence of a multitude of new overwhelming emotions. Fear, uncertainty, anticipation, anxiety, and a few more emotions I am unable to explain with words. 

I have dealt with inexorable medical drama; trying to figure how to make my insurance approve months of medications for while I'm gone only to have them repeatedly tell me I had never even called them to have it approved. I have dealt with airlines complications and the stress of trying for figure out what to pack for a country so unlike my own. 

Yet, something tells me these troubles will be the least of what I face. I suppose that's where my anxiety stems from, but in the same note it's where my excitement begins. How lucky am I to have an opportunity to travel to a country with an extravagantly rich culture, and not only experience it but also live it for a whole five months. I can't even begin to imagine the things I will learn and the way God will grow me. Most of all, I can't wait to meet all of the beautiful people I am to encounter in Ghana. 

This is the first of hopefully many blog posts to come, I'm going to try my absolute best to keep up with them at least once a week. But forgive me if that doesn't happen, as I am told WIFI isn't the most predictable, and neither is electricity. Please be praying for me during this journey, especially for my health as I tend to get sick very easily. And for my mother, because I'm a bit too independent for her own good and me leaving for Ghana is going to drive her nuts ;) . Thank you to everyone who pushed me and guided me to this point, I am forever grateful. 

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