Preparation

Tomorrow, which is actually today(it's kind of late), I will be heading off into uncharted waters as I make my way to New Orleans.

I am excited.

I feel very supported going on this adventure. For the last week or so I have had people telling me that they're happy for me for going and I got an email today telling me someone I don't know will be praying for me specifically which seems a little awkward but I'm all for it. I feel that my friends and family support me in what I am doing and have been there ever since I told them about how I wanted to go on this trip, to do something with my life, and to live a better story.

I chose New Orleans because I didn't want to go overseas. That seemed like too big of a step and it wasn't a hoop I wanted to jump through. I set a reasonable goal(America), something that I knew would be challenging, but could be completed.

I picked up the application kind of on a whim and I looked at it on my desk for a couple of days contemplating whether I should go or not. In the end, I just went with it, setting the rest of the story in motion.

I don't have any expectations for this trip and I am alright with that because if I had expectations I would probably set them too high, so that they could never be reached. So I come in with no expectations, kind of open to whatever the Lord has planned for me. I think that I just have to keep myself open to what the Lord wants me to do and listen.

As Greg Boyd puts it, "keep asking yourself, 'am I present?'"

It basically means be present in every moment to what the Lord is telling you like right now,

and right now,

and right now.

So I am planning on keeping a journal while I am down there. Actually, the group of people want you to keep one so all of us will probably be keeping one while down there. I don't know if I will have time to post anything while I'm down there but maybe when I come back I will post them.

Anyway, all ten or so people that read this, this is what I am doing for the next week. I will come back with stories...maybe, probably, hopefully, no guarantees but I would bet on it. That sort of thing.