So it starts...

First off I want to say a serious and heart felt thank you to Wayne and Tina for setting up this blog site! It means a lot to me that you care that much about what I'm doing that you would set up a way for me to communicate with you and the rest of the world. Enough of the sappy stuff...

This has and continues to be one of the most amazing and trying time of my life. I'm learning a lot about who I am and who God wants me to be. Moving to the other side of the world to learn what it means to live a life totally sold out for the gospel has been my dream for a long time, but I never realized that preparing to get there would be such an integral part of the experience. It makes me think of the process of refining gold, that when it is being heated all of the impurities rise to the top so they can be removed. It's an illustration that seems overused in the church, but right now it makes a lot of sense to me. It's almost like God is turning up the heat right now, removing certain things from my life and replacing them with His word and truth, so that when I get to South Africa I will be ready. So for now, that is where I'll be, learning and growing, knowing that He will be there to guide my steps and direct my path.