A new adventure!

Tomorrow, August 9, 2012, is the beginning of a new adventure as I will embark on a journey that will begin with a week of training in Akron, PA, and then take me all of the way to Durban, South Africa!

I will be going to South Africa for the next year through Mennonite Central Committee's SALT program which sends young adults to service placements all over the world. I will be putting my recently completed social work degree to good use at an organization called Refugee Social Services. There, I will provide services for newly arrived refugees who need support and care as they adjust to a new society. Also during this time, I will be living with a host family and hope to become part of the diverse community that exists in Durban.

In recent days, I have spent many hours preparing, thinking, trying to bring order to my life before I leave, though I'm not sure I'll ever be ready! So now with this leap of faith before me, it becomes ALL about trusting God, even in the face of the unknown. As I say the last of my goodbyes, I have had my fair share of tears and uncertainty. In spite of this, I know I have been blessed in ways I could not have imagined for myself throughout my time of preparation bringing confirmation again and again that I am heading in the right direction. As I now move forward, I am expectant- expectant that God WILL be working in and around me in mighty and powerful ways as he has already revealed his great faithfulness to me throughout this process.

So now I'm off-- ready (or not!) to begin my travels to the ends of the earth...