At the Airport - Ready to Go!

Thank you to my buddy, Malcolm, for the ride to the airport this morning. It is great to begin this journey away from home by being dropped off at the airport by a friend.

I never thought I would say this, but I am leaving Phoenix, Arizona for someplace warmer. Over the next two days I will touch down in three cities (San Francisco, Frankfurt, and Bangkok) flying more than 28 hours before landing in the 80+ degree heat of Phnom Penh, Cambodia to continue the realization of a dream that came to me almost a year ago. That dream has developed over this past year to become clear and lead me to going to Cambodia to volunteer with Daughters of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Waiting at the US Airways gate this morning I still do not know what I will be doing with Daughters of Cambodia. I also do not know where I will be staying for the month that I will be there, but that is really a part of the purpose of this venture – to release control and planning; and to rest in trusting God.

I believe that what is much more important than "what" I will be doing is "how" I will do whatever I am called to do. It is about learning and growth - discovering who God has made me to be. And I do feel prepared spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically for this venture and for whatever God calls me to do. This morning I read from Oswald Chambers' "My Utmost for His Highest" that we must get rid of the idea that we know ourselves. That only God truly understands us. The idea that we know ourselves best is the last conceit to go. My heart is opening to the discoveries that God will unveil for me about who He has created me to be.

I will try to post again during the 14 hour layover in Germany.