We did it.
A few months ago, I'm sure we had doubts about whether or not we would actually make it to this flight, and yet here we are. It's such a cool feeling to have poured so much time, energy, frustration, and anticipation into a trip and then to sit back and watch as it slowly unfolds. Honestly, I don't feel a lot of emotion about the things to come... right now, I'm just focused on our team and on getting us there. Normally I might muse about how that is probably my main defense mechanism firing on all cylinders, but in this case, I think maybe it is a good thing. We are just a bunch of college-aged misfits trying to find our way around the globe, after all. One piece of advice I received about leading mission trip is that, as a leader, my responsibility is first to my team, then to the people we will meet in Sri Lanka, and then to my own experience. I may not always be able to dive head first into the emotions of the moment, and I'll probably have to give up some time with those we are serving in order to take care of my team and enable them to have an effective ministry. And that's ok. I am honored to lead this group.
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