Simplicity

Have you ever tried packing your life up for three months into a bag which can't be more than 50 pounds, along with a carry on and a back pack?? Its really hard. Things come to mind like what am I going to want to bring, what can I bring to help the people I am serving, do I have all of the essentials to last me, what in the world am I missing and the most important question what do I NEED. Main goal now after a couple tries at packing: Bring what you absolutely cannot live without. It is very tough to get all of the things you want into weight restricted small suitcase.

Simplicity.

I feel as though this trip to Zambia is going to focus on simplicity. Do we really need all of the extra fluff in our lives to make them great? With going into a new culture do I really need makeup, the nicest clothes, gum, and so on. Already in the past hour while packing God has reminded me that simplicity is the key and I do not need it all.

Tomorrow at 10:02am I along with about twenty other nursing students and professors will be hitting the runway for the trip of a life time. From then until Thanksgiving we will be in Zambia not only taking classes but most importantly being the hands and feet of God. Pray with and for us for safety, and most importantly for the lives we will be impacting. I will try and update as much as I can but I feel the new theme of simplicity it will not be my main focus.