North Africa

I got an email yesterday telling me a Canadian team for North Africa STINT was a go next year. That means I and three other lovely girls are going to serve as missionaries in a beautiful country for about 10 months.

I am pretty mixed emotionally. I'm excited and honored like you wouldn't believe. To go to a country where most don't know who Jesus Christ is and be an ambassador for Him is amazing.
On the other hand I'm scared. Two things scare me. What if God shuts the door? and what if I can't handle it emotionally.

Today two guys (Eric and Ben from Western) came to York to interview some students, and they asked me about going to NA. As I talked, I started remembering why I wanted to go in the first place. I want to see lives changed, I want to see the world changed. I can get pretty abstract and distant from daily life sometimes. Not just in my ideas, but my emotions as well. (Many of you have suffered through a silent hang out time with Andrew.) But for me, it still comes down to the glory of God revealed through changed life. It breathes life into me, it breathes life into the world. That's essentially why I'm going to North Africa.

Anyhow, I'm excited and so you ought to congratulate me when you see me.