As we grow closer and closer to our date of departure, I am finding myself wondering less about our mission work and more about the people we shall meet. In our last meeting we discussed what gifts we might give the people we will be staying with on our overnight stays. My mind is full of ideas and yet I hope to not do something that would appear to be condescending in any way. But I want to do enough to show the people I’ll be with that I truly do appreciate their hospitality.
So now I am left to wonder what impact I will have on those I meet in Kenya. Will I present myself in a way that shows the best who I am? Will I try to be too much and inadvertently offend the honor of the Kenyans I meet? It is a fine line between helping someone and trying to take care of someone. I hope to tread on the correct side of that line.
I’ve also caught myself walking through my home and thinking of what I will need to take with me. It is still almost 60 days away and I’m ready to start packing now. Is this normal for a trip of this magnitude? I’ve trying to determine what books to bring to read, what music should I have on my MP3 player, what am I forgetting, and what will I wish I had brought once I get there? All of it is running through my mind.
I know this trip will change me in ways I could never imagine, but I find that it is already changing me in ways I both find interesting and amusing. 59 days and counting and I know that the passage of those 59 days shall not ease my mind nor answer the questions running through my mind. But I wouldn’t change a thing I’ve felt so far.
Tony
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