So today is 38 days till my big adventure. I have been counting the days and updating
everyone regularly, but only recently has it started to become a reality. When
I found out on the 1st July it was so real, but having to wait so long has
caused me to get caught up with work and other things. I have had so many
people in the past few days ask how many days to go and ask me how I feel about
it, that I got really emotional on Sunday afternoon.
When I say
emotional it involves both good and bad emotions. I keep looking at posts by Mercy
Ships and am so excited to be a part of the life change for many of the
patients, while I am there. From the pictures I have seen the island of
Madagascar is possibly one of the most beautiful islands to visit and somewhere
that I have been wanting to travel to. I can't wait to go exploring and meet
the local people when I have breaks. There is something about going to places
where people have so little yet they are so content with what they have and
still have so much joy. I look forward to this trip for how it is going to
change my life. It is a little bit daunting going by myself without knowing a
soul on the ship, but I am keen to “start afresh” meeting new people and enjoy getting
to know them.
I don't
know if you can call them bad emotions I think it is just my inner self having
a mini freak out. My family is my everything and have been geographically close
and there for me throughout my life; so it is going to be tough not being able
to have them within easy reach. It will also be a good thing, as I will have to
100% fend for myself and I am sure I will grow because of it. I also started to
think about all the friendships I have made this year and even though its only
a short 3 months, you still miss out on peoples' lives. On the ship I do have access
to WiFi internet, but because of my busy schedule I won't have much time to
communicate with everyone back home. I do hope that I will be able to blog
often, in order to update everyone on my time and the experiences I am
having.
This trip
has come at the perfect time in my life and I truly believe God is involved in
everything that has happened this far and will be with me throughout. He put Philippians
4 vs 13 on my heart at the moment which says "I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me". Although I am a strong cookie and determined
to make the most of this, this scripture will become even more real to me
during this adventure.
I am still needing funding for my trip especially for my account on the ship. Should you be interested in sponsoring me please go onto my mercy ships account page http://mercyships-us.donorpages.com/crewmates/KayleeWills.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and please respond in the comments section should you want to chat to me or ask me any questions :)
