Good-byes, Preparation, and Packing....

FIVE DAYS!!! The craziness of outreach has pretty much slapped us all in the face at this point...we are sending out our first team to the Philippines and Thailand tonight (or tomorrow morning which ever you prefer) at 2 am. Then the rest of us will be chilling here packing, praying, preparing, and all that jazz for the next 4 days until we pack up the vans and leave on Saturday! I think I can honestly say that the reality that I'm going to be in Brazil in a very short amount of time with eight other people is slowly, but surely setting in...and I am growing more and more excited! Being honest leading up to this point outreach has been such a surreal thing and honestly my excitement level was quite sad. But God is good and gracious and as the time draws near I'm getting super stoked....and I think it's because Jesus gave me this realization or feeling in my spirit that outreach is such an amazing thing because it's all him....literally it's ALL him the love the outpouring, the miracles, the conversations, the heart changes, EVERYTHING is Him! We literally don't have to try or do anything because when we're available to the Holy Spirit he just takes it away and goes for it....and it's the best thing in the world because in our humanism we can't fulfill or fix or do anything, but Jesus he can...he SO can and it's amazing. So I was really stoked about that feeling and know it's still going to be such a challenge and there will be opposition, but it's gonna be so great. God's gonna be so great!! Pray for us as we all pack and prepare this week and as our first team leaves!! Blessings!! Have a great day!! :D