Away We Go!

Here I sit, in Vancouver Airport, Gate Undiscolsed, tapping away vigorously on my keyboard, trying to get in a few last words while in this country. This is really it; no going back now! I am about to embark on a journey of epic proportions across the Atlantic. Whoa. Who would have thought that this shy, insecure thing back in grade seven would be setting out to change lives as a missionary overseas? I certainly didn't see it coming, but then again, God's funny like that sometimes. I'm excited about putting myself out there, leaving my friends and family to do something unknown and unpredictable with my life. Don't get me wrong, my stomach is quivering and if someone were to start playing "You Are My Sunshine" right now, I'd start balling. But that's kind of the exciting part of it. I'm all grown up. I may not always feel it (yes, I occasionally still throw temper tantrums) but this one small step just goes to show that I'm ready to face the world on my own for the first time. You know how they say when you lose a limb of your body, you can still feel it there? I think it's called Ghost Syndrome or something like that. In that way, I can still feel my family with me, even though I won't see them for quite sometime. But like an amputee, you learn to adapt to life without that limb. You will always miss it, but you are physically able to go on. It's kind of neat really. So, these are the last words I will pen (or type) on this side of the Atlantic for the next couple of years, and so I take this time to say a giant THANK YOU to everyone rooting for me. And no worries, there's always Skype! XOXO Your Fellow (and Forever) Canadian!