FYI: It's not that exciting, just being honest.

God is not always dramatic with me, but He is clear.

Believe it or not, the idea of short term missions was something i was not interested in. At the beginning of my college career, the idea of moving overseas to do be a missionary sounded pretty awesome. I was about to get into my health promotion major and the idea of moving to Africa to work with people with HIV/AIDS was on the mind. However, through four years of college, I knew that my mindset was not right.

I looked to my left, and then to my right.

It didn't really make a whole lot of sense to be focusing 5,000 miles away, when I was surrounded by people just as in need of the love of God. I chose to focus on ministering where I was, in my college, church, and city communities. Not a terrible thing, I know.

Warning: Raw-ness ahead.

Perhaps through out those past few years, however, some cynicism had crept into the back of my head somewhere against those who I felt were ignoring where God had put them and were in search of adventure more than anything else... You know what, I'm not even going to say perhaps, and just say, that was indeed the case.

So, how did I get from there to here?

God does not rub things in our faces when we are wrong... which is really nice. Through some time of Him growing me I came to the realization that my cynicism is not good, the Gospel is not something we should ever think we have figured out..or know the best way to share it, and who am I to think I know the ways of the Lord. As a matter fact, it has little to do with us. We are to listen and obey. God kind of takes care of the rest.

Along with a desire I've always had, to spend time in another country, I found myself a few months ago with a readiness for stretching and to see the same God I serve in the U.S. do His thing in another country completely.

I said this once in my bio, I am approaching this trip with every expectation and no expectations.

Peru it is, I said.