What's the Point?

So in about three weeks I ship out for Costa Rica. I am psyched out of my mind! The experience is gonna be great between working with a church, playing street soccer and volleyball, hopefully a whitewater rafting trip, language school, and the food. O my... I can't wait. But the more I think about it, the more I realize I don't really know what I am going to be doing. Sure, I'll be shadowing the minister there, working with the youth but I don't know truly how or what my roles will be. The more I contemplate on what that means, the more I think it's a good thing.

If I go in with expectations, I am limited. I will try to form experiences to what I think they should be like. In short, I place the limitless God in a bind as he now has to rock my world from my tunnel vision. So instead, I am (trying) to go in with no expectations. With no expectations, everything that happens becomes a plus. Everything has potential for me to learn. There are things that I want to accomplish while I am there but I am really trying to leave my mind open. I mean so much can happen in two months there's no way I can see it all from here, so why even bother?

So basically if you are doing something this summer that you've never done before, or even something that you have done, try not to limit what God can teach you. Leave your heart and mind open and I guarantee you that he will fill it.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." -prov 3:5-6