Vamanos!

In High School I went on a short term mission trip to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Actually I went three times. I remember that the team was composed of a bunch of white people from Missouri. We jokingly referred to ourselves as "Gringos". Everywhere we went our team leader, Billy, would shout, "Gringos, listos?" (Ready, Gringos?), and everyone would shout, "Vamanos!" (we go!).

For a long time I've been preparing for a big life change. This life change involves leaving my job, moving cross country, and beginning school again. My wife and son will pull up our roots here and go. I think the three of us feel like shouting "Vamanos!" We are ready. We are ready to be in a new place. I'll be studying theology instead of designing electrical circuits. It will be a new culture (I hear they pronounce Carnagie, Car-neigh-gie). It will be new church family. We will adjust to low or no income. In many ways it will be like starting over.

At the same time, knowing that we're leaving has led us to look at how God has blessed us while we've been here. He has. We have people who know us and love us. We have grown. From a single new college grad to newly-marrieds to young parents, God has brought us through it all. Praise Him. Trust Him. Since God has provided so bountifully above what we could ask or think (Ephesians 3:20), we look to Him to provide for our every need in this next step to which He's called us.

Listos? Vamanos!