I'm Ready!

So it's time...I'm off tomorrow and I'm so siked! My stomach has been upside down for the past week with anticipation. I haven't been able to really think about much except that I am off to start a new chapter of my life and it is scary. I mean it...I'm nervous and Satan has been at it trying to discourage me every step of the way. Still I praise God and have continued to trust that he will lead me. He has given me comfort in so many ways over the past couple of weeks and lead me to some very encouraging passages. If anyone reading this gets a chance...read through the Psalms and Proverbs. The Psalms is like a prayer book that is great in times of intense spiritual battle and Proverbs provides awesome wisdom for combating serious temptations. I have also been reading in Leviticus and just to read in depth about the tedious system of sacrifices I am thankful to say that I am saved by the grace of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and he is the ONLY mediator between me and my Father in Heaven. I am grateful that I can go straight to God and ask for forgiveness and I am immediately cleansed. Don;t we have a great God!? Thanks for all the prayers and support. I leave tomorrow evening at 7:50 from Reagan National (that's in D.C. for anyone who doesn't know) and arriving in Miami at 9:45 to meet with my team. Then we will begin the long plan flight across the equator to La Paz, Bolivia in order to catch a bus (I've heard these bus drivers are insane...not to mention dangerous) to Cochabamba. From there on it is two months of being mentored by the four missionary families there and enrolling in Spanish Language immersion school. God will reveal everything we will be doing down there in good time. Pray for our safe arrival and I'll will up date this blog weekly if I have that kind of access to the internet. God Bless and have wonderful summers!

Your Newest Cochabambino,

Taylor Box

Getting ready to go!

So I'm about a week away from meeting up with the other three Global Outreach interns I will be spending two weeks of my summer with. It has been a trying semester and even as I wait and prepare at home my anticipation has become overwhelming. I have been on week long campaigns to the Dominican Republic with Fairfax Church of Christ and to South America with Harding's Study Abroad Program but never have I felt so much nervousness about going out to serve God in a foreign land. The excitement is pumping through my veins as I anticipate the chance to become fluent in Spanish as I witness to Cochabambinos with the Good News of Jesus Christ. At times I have questioned how prepared I am to do God's work this summer and then I realized that he isn't necessarily looking for a list of qualifications, he was more so looking for someone with a willing heart willing to answer the call to go. I have no idea what God has in store for me this summer but I plan to go with a servant heart, ready to be at the Lord's disposal. Well with more than enough money in, all of my shots updated, and packing orders I am ready to go serve!