India…

How many more days? Good question. Everyone seems to be asking me that these days. I have to admit it is coming incredibly fast. Departure date is July 29 for Seattle, then July 30 for Delhi.
Am I ready? At work I feel like there is no end to the things I need to have organized and done before I leave. I’m not looking forward to seeing my desk or my email inbox after being gone for 4 weeks. But I can’t even think about that. If I do, I won’t enjoy the experience at all. As for being personally ready, I don’t feel ready physically that's for sure. Each day it seems like I put some more on the list of things to buy before going, stuff I’ll need to take along. What if I forget something? I can probably buy it there, but I can just imagine being the person with the most stuff because of all the little things I am remembering and writing down.
Am I prepared for what it will be like, or what we might be doing? It doesn’t feel like it. Yesterday it was pretty warm here, same with today, and I keep thinking “This is probably not even close to what Delhi will feel like.” Right now, I see the temperature there is 30 C, but my computer says it feels like 44 C. I can’t even fathom what that is like. We got a list yesterday of things to anticipate doing, some of them need preparation, others need supplies. Is there time? Maybe, but how do we know what to focus on and what to leave out? Ahh! I think we need a team meeting.

So much to think about and do…so little time…. In the end, I guess the thing to remember (once again) is that God gives enough strength and alertness to get through the day, and then get up again the next morning and do it all over. I just need to look at it from that perspective…one day at a time. The rest will follow. And if the day comes and I'm not ready, I will have done as much as I can. The rest is in God's hands.