Common Chairs...

Twelve days. I have twelves days left before I leave on my great adventure. I'm not sure how long the adventure will be, but I guess that is part of it all. I am sad. Sad, because I am leaving so much behind. Sad, because there are so many people here that I love. Sad, because I cannot seem to keep from being just a little scared. But above all that, I am absolutely ecstatic! I truly cannot wait to be a resident of Arlington, a member of the Commons church, and a part of something amazing going on in the state of Washington.
I was commissioned today, sent out officially by my home church. It was a hard day, I won't lie. Not only did my dad's voice crack a few times while commissioning me, not only did i seem to disintegrate while an enormous group of people gathered around me to pray, many of whom were crying, but I also had to say goodbye to my parents (who leave tomorrow for a missions trip to Slovakia). It was hard. Very hard. But I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a twinge of anticipation, a subtle shriek of excitement building up in my chest.
I am in the final stages of packing up my things (how I have so much stuff I cannot fathom) and trying to make sure everything is in place for my move. I am constantly remembering more and more things I need to do and always feeling like there's something I am forgetting. My container arrives a week from tomorrow (well actually today since it is after midnight). My plane leaves a week from Friday. I have begun saying my goodbyes and have found it has not been quite as hard as I might have thought it would be (though I am leaving the hardest and saddest ones for last so that I am a mess for as short a period as possible).
I am still praying fervently and doing my very best to trust that support will come in. Only a smalal number of people have told me that they will support me on a regular basis. Please be praying for that! And if you are planning on supporting me, please notify me through blog, email, letter, or by attaching a note to your support sent to the Summit church or to me. You guys have the priveledge of being a part of something incredible and exciting going on in the Pacific Northwest. I consider myself incomprehensibly blessed to be called right to the middle of it all.
I will keep in touch, though my next post probably will not be until after I arrive in Washington seeing as my schedule is getting busier and busier!
I love you guys and am so glad I have you behind me. You do not know what it means to me to have the support of so many people who! God has blessed me in so many ways! till next time...