So this is my first little entry into this thing. As I’m writing this, my mind is going crazy and it’s causing a bunch of disturbance inside. I’m leaving for Costa Rica for 9 weeks in a little under 12 hours. This will be the first time away from home for any period of time more than one week. Not sure what to think, to expect, or to pray. I’m nervous…and apprehensive. I had dinner with my family tonight @ Chili’s as a sendoff kinda thing, it was great, but it just made me want to stay around the comfortability of family and home even more. I know that this is just right now, and if I’m honest, it’s all just a ploy of the Enemy to ruin my Spirit. I always get like this before I go somewhere…even if it’s something like Passion or an FCA event I’m leading on. Everyone keeps asking me if I’m "sooo super excited?!?!" And I flash an exuberant smile to make them happy, but really, I don’t know what I am. I have no idea what I am about to step in to. I have never been out of the country before. So this is my journey through the wilderness of Costa Rica, the wilderness of the blog world, and the wilderness of the unknown that lies ahead. stay strong. love.

-M@