Final Boarding Call...

We've come within 36 hours of our departure and in spite of the lengthy lead-up it still feels quite surreal.  In fact apart from strange feelings of detachment it's hard to describe our emotions...I reckon the busyness of preparations creates a welcome distraction from the potential feelings of loss and anxiety (though there's still a bit of that there :-s).  It also means feelings of excitement and anticipation are kept at bay while our minds are preoccupied with what's right in front of our noses...

When I do stop and reflect, I'm inclined to wonder whatever possessed me/us, that we would do this... AGAIN!  I hope and trust that it's God who has possessed us because there's no way we can make anything of this on our own!

 I've just finished a great book on the church-planting task, the author closes his writing thus:

"Leaving our comfortable culture may seem costly, but in the end we will have to agree with the words of Dr Helen Roseveare, that well-known missionary doctor to the Congo, who stated, "There really is no cost, only the privilege of serving the King of Kings."

So...to the plane tomorrow!