I'm so OVERWHELMED.

Today is the day I leave for Thailand!  Wow... that came quickly!  I'll board a plane tonight and will officially arrive in MaeSot on the morning of the 8th.  Yay for long travel and time differences.  MaeSot is 11 hours ahead (12 when you all "fall back").

Now before you think the title of this blog should make you nervous or sad or sorry or any other kind of emotion, let me explain.  On my drive to saying some "see you later's" this morning, a song came on the radio that resonated with the exact sentiment my heart and mind are feeling.  "God, I'm so overwhelmed by You!"  That could not be more true.

These past 11 months have been an OVERWHELMING journey... really, the past 33 years have been!  I can look back on this time and pinpoint so many moments of seeing God's faithfulness, His goodness, His truth, His mercy, His unconditional love, His provision, and His guidance in my life.  I don't have to question whether or not He's been there because I'm reminded of all the times He has - over and over again they play in my head.  Life has not been perfect and certainly not easy, but I am overwhelmed by His goodness and faithfulness nonetheless.  To know that He walks with me (Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 43:1-2, Deuteronomy 31:8) gives me the confidence to take life as it comes and to walk boldly into everything that I don't know or understand, because He promises to be there too!

I am thankful for this journey.  I am thankful for His faithfulness.  I am truly overwhelmed by it.

My heart hurts to say "see you later" to those here I love and those who've walked so faithfully by my side pouring into me, investing time & energy into me, giving me wisdom and perspective, encouraging me, loving me, and always, always pointing me to Jesus.  If I had my way, every last one of you would be on your way to Thailand too!!!  But I am so grateful for a place and a people I can call home here.  I am grateful to have people that I will miss dearly.  I am grateful to have my heart break and tears to shed because of the love that has been poured into my life over these years.  I'm overwhelmed by it.

So as I head out today, I'm traveling with a heart overflowing with thankfulness and overjoyed with gratitude and overwhelmed by God's faithfulness.

Thanks for praying, for investing, for believing, and for continuing to follow the journey.


I'll update again from the other side of the world! :)