TWO sets of footprints

Hello, wonderful friends and family of mine!

I cannot believe how fast the time has gone.. in less than a week, I will be back on Haitian soil after four years! As I have reflected on what has brought me to this moment, I have re-read my accounts of Haiti, I have thumbed through my scrawled prayers... and I eventually came back to this blog, and thought a little bit about the title I chose... two sets of footprints.

It's kind of funny, because the famous poem "Footprints" emphasizes that in times of struggle or anguish, only one set of footprints marked the sand. The imprint would be deeper in the heels, for they bore the extra weight of one carrying another... not of one being alone.

I did not entitle my blog two sets of footprints because I am fool enough to think I can walk each step on my own. My heart is prepared to struggle, to break, to ask questions, and I think I will encounter many of those "one" set of footprints in the sand moments. I believe, when I first wrote this blog, that it was a reminder to myself that the one set of footprints will never be mine on my own. There is not a single fraction of a second of this trip that I will be alone, not one sliver of a moment that I will be apart from the God who promises to be with me always!

So here we go again, stepping into the glorious unknown. I marvel at the amazing ways that God has already been revealing His heart through provision, through open doors into a tiny seed of a dream of a naive 18 year old girl. I go, with very little to offer once more, but willingness and a fairly green nursing diploma!

Heartfelt thanks to all of those who have invested prayerfully and financially into this step of my journey! I hope that this blog will be a means of baring my heart and allowing you to experience the beauty and struggles of this adventure alongside me! May you be truly blessed for the outpour of love and support you have shown me!

T - 6 days to take off!