T minus 0 days, 17 hours, ~18 minutes

guess what, i just realized that i'm leaving tomorow afternoon, in less than 24 hours, to live in africa for 9.5 months, ..., bon voyage mes amis

wow, i think it's actually starting to hit me that i won't know anybody or anything except loren and donna, ..., this is gonna rock

distraught, afraid, nervous, anxious, the question remains: which one am i feeling at the current moment in time, i guess you never really know because
God is greater than anything so small as uncertainty, ..., chalk one up for God

here it is, crunch time, pack the goods and walk out the door into a whole new world, it'll be interesting when i don't know anybody, am less than fluent at the surrounding language, but have a somewhat familiar job to occupy my time, it'll be uncomfortable for a while as i learn to know completely new and different people, but being able to work at a job where i know roughly what i'm doing and what has to get done will certainly provide a foothold on which to stand upright; i'm glad that i get to go back to something familiar atleast part of every day, ..., hallelujah, amen

God will teach
God will guide
God will show me the way to go home
God will laugh
God will get upset
but God will not leave
hallelujah, amen