one step closer

Well I am one step closer to Kenya because I have officially left Birmingham! The day has finally come where I got to go experience the world!! Right now, as I am typing this, I am sitting on an airplane, just waiting. We were supposed to leave 30 minutes ago but we were told we had to wait for the "air traffic" to clear up. You can imagine my disappointment because I am SO ready to meet the rest of the team!! So far I've only met one person from the team. His name is Josh. He actually lives in Birmingham, so he will be on every flight with me! Now, I have to wait another 30 minutes. But, I've been waiting for this day for 6 months so 30 minutes is like nothing. But I think God is getting me ready for the next two weeks with patience.
I've been told Africa is on it's own time. There's late....and then there's Africa time. So, I think God's just telling me to relax and not worry about being late because late on my time might be perfect time on His watch.
God doesn't live on our time or work when we're ready for Him to work. We work on His time. I think that is a hard concept for a lot of people because they think God fits into their life. But really, we fit in His. He made us and He can end our life whenever He wants. All I know is, God knows everything that's gonna happen and what is about to happen. So why worry? What if we got a delay because a plane is right in our path and we would have a crash if we left on time? Everything that happens is to help us, not hurt us. Even if it feels like it is a helpless situation, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Always.


On a more fun note, I guess you could say, I am now up in the air. Currently I am on top of Virginia. This flight has been pretty fun. We keep flying straight through clouds and it's a little bumpy but really cool. Because you start seeing everything out of the window, then all you see is white because you're in the middle of a cloud! First, that's pretty cool. The clouds you see in the sky, I can now say I've flown through them. Clouds are just cool. These clouds are so fluffy that I bet they're softer than the fluffiest pillow in the world. A fun game I've been playing to pass time is the game I used to play as a little girl. You try to find shapes in the clouds and you can get really creative. So far I've seen Mickey Mouse, a gorilla, Nemo, and a poodle. It's a totally different view because I'm just looking sideways rather than looking up. It's just plain amazing!

this is what I wrote yesterday. So today I'm boarding the plane in an hour and a half! Next time I blog, I'll be in AFRICA!!!!!!!

God is great. VERY great.