9/6/06

A girl can’t help but cry when she sees a tear coming down her Daddy’s face. So that’s what I did, just cried and hugged and told our four biggest fans (Mr. and Mrs. Tabb and my Mom and Dad) that we love them and
  that we will miss them.
  There is something emotional about taking a physical step out into the unknown with just faith. At that moment when we sent our “carry-ons” through security and saw the fingertips of our parents waving in the distance I experienced all of those emotions and realized that leaving our dear family and friends was the biggest, hardest sacrifice.
  It was pretty cool after the fingertips of our parents disappeared; I looked next to me and remembered I was going on this adventure with my very best friend.

The plane ride to the DR isn’t the best time to wonder if “I have what it takes” to live and work in a completely unfamiliar country for one year.
  Could the pilot turn the plane around if I decided that I didn’t “have what it takes? As I sit here on the plane my mind can’t help but think about what life in the DR will be like and if I will be able to adapt. I believe that if I’m connected to the Vine( John 15:1-12) and abiding in Christ, this little branch has all she needs and more to live in and work in and love the DR.

                                                                                                            -Carrie