BLOG #4: Green Light = Go

We decided as a team to step back during the July 4th long weekend, and take a break from the Kenya trip decisions and drama. Instead of sending emails back and forth (like the last few weeks), we decided to send zero. It was a great idea.

My conclusion... everything is purposeful. There's a reason and a plan for why things happen, and there's a reason for why we have been faced with this possibility of danger in Kenya.

Usually a team has months to prepare for a missions trip. They have time to really get to know each other. For us, however, we have only one month. So I believe that all of this has just been a test, a challenge, for us to overcome, so that we can become closer to each other in a short period of time.

This situation that has been placed in front of us is so uncomfortable, and so scary to imagine, that it has tested each of us. In the very short time we've started meeting together as a team, this situation has broken down our walls and revealed our true selves, and how we handle problems. Teams need to be able to function through all types of stress and dilemma, and I believe this has been an exercise for our team - to learn our interactions when everything's not all fine and dandy. We have spoken up, we have opinions that have conflicted with each other, and we have worked it out.

Today our lead pastor, Dave Chae, from GrX, came to our group to speak to us about following our hearts and our instincts. As individuals, we need to make the decision that sits right in our own hearts. There's no shame in backing out if it doesn't feel right. And if it does feel right... we keep walking...

I believe that now, after all this scare, we are all that much closer to each other, and that much stronger as a team, because we are faithful and we believe that everything will be ok when we are in Kenya, despite all the "talk." My heart knows we're supposed to go still, and I'm following that feeling.

So... moving on! Time to get our Visa's and buy our tickets! Green light = go!!!

grace