Open the eyes of my Heart

You wait to grow up, and then here it is. You wait to finish middle school, and you're in high school. You wait to finish high school, and then, you finish high school, you wait to be independent, waiting for a moment, or a feeling or an emotion, but then all of a sudden, you're there. It was an emotional moment when I hugged my mom in the airport Monday afternoon and took the first steps towards a new adventure. I teared up just a little bit (mainly because my mom is just the bomb). As I waited at my gate for a flight into the unknown, I had so many emotions surging through me. I wish I could bottle them up and put them into words. It's like your parents prepare you all of your life for this moment..growing up, and then you're there. Walking away from that life into the next phase. It was such an adrenaline rush. It's in that moment that God defines you into YOU. You have to make decisions for yourself..not always having someone to turn to. My time in Frankfurt...

If you know me at all, you know I love to travel. What an adventure I am about to be a part of! I graduated high school in December (2014). I made that decision in September to finish early because I had enough credits and then I was hoping to travel somewhere or get an internship somewhere local/domestic in the Spring semester (2015). However, I just kinda put it off because it was so far in the future. I met with our missions pastor at Calvary to see what opportunities were available. I wanted to serve the church and not just do what I wanted to do. He mentioned missionaries that Calvary had in Lebanon, Germany, Calgary, and India. After prayer and consideration and a couple emails, we decided that Germany would be really feasible to pursue because of a missionary connection that our head pastor had with the church planter there. Because apartments and living spaces are small in Germany (especially the city, Frankfurt), housing was a bit difficult to find and because we notifie...