Monday, June 2, 2008

A Week Away

This time next week I will be hanging out in the Lima airport, trying to stay awake until my 5 a.m. flight to Iquitos. I must say I am excited. As always, there is some degree of apprehension about being gone for so long. This year's anxiety is directly connected to being there totally alone for two weeks and also being completely and totally responsible for all of the mission teams that will come to Peru over the course of the summer. Unlike last year, when fear nearly paralyzed me, each time I think about the task before me and start to become overwhelmed, suddenly I'm filled with an unbelievable peace. As I smile to myself, pondering the weeks to come, I know that God is in charge. Not only is He going with me, He has already gone ahead of me, preparing the way. Oh, how I love Him, and long to see His bigness - to release Him from the box I tend to place Him in. I know that in every detail of the summer He will not let me down.
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