Listen or be Fish Food.

Well then. I have never had one of these things before so where should I start? Perhaps I'll start with the beginning?

A few months ago we had a guest speaker at church. A missionary from Nigeria! Most people who know me know that I LOVE Africa. And I do mean love. So I was uber excited to hear him speak. Somewhere in the middle of him talking he mentioned going to the orphanage for the summer. I just about screamed! We talked, emailed, I applied, got accepted. And here we are now. I'm getting ready to go to Nigeria for two months! I mean WHOA. It weird to think about that I'm actually going. I mean I've been praying about this for what two years now? AND IT'S HAPPENING. Oh geeze I get chills and tears even thinking about it. It really is a dream come true guys.

So hopefully this blog is to help me do a few things:
1. keep an journal of my trip.
2. And keep you updated as well! Last summer I went to Mission Arlington for the summer and got into some trouble for not having one of these things then.

As I'm sure some of you are asking the popular question of "Why Africa?" Please allow me to explain, but sorry in advance it is hard to explain. God has given me a heart to go. Since the fall of 2009 I knew God was telling me to go there. He gave me the desire to go, and I'm just trying to follow Him. No, I haven't been there before. But had Jonah been to Nineveh. Heck he didn't even want to go, but he followed God's desire for his life and what happened? An entire city came to know the Lord from his obedience. Now I'm not saying God will use me to bring an entire city to know Him, but hey! He could. And who I am to stand in His way? I would much rather listen than be fish food.