the atlantic ocean & my desperate plea

Greetings from gate B27 at JFK airport in New York, New York!
i am sitting here in front of huge windows facing a massive South African airways jet.
and I have decided.. that they have a pretty flag..
anyways.. I just thought that I would stand & shout "BYEEE!" from the east coast before I make the continental leap!
And THANK YOU (yet again) for each and every individual who helped me discover the path to get here.

In the next 24 hours, please pray..
- for Luke! He is my team member who is meeting me in NY and we are on the same flight from here to Johannesburg. Pray that he is able to finish and meet his last minute needs, his friends & family and their goodbyes, and that he remembers how flippin' awesome God is and how Luke's life is about to be radically changed!
- that Luke & I are able to change seats so we can get to know each other on the seventeeeeeeeeen & a half hour flight.
- for a restful flight! I didn't sleep last night since.. well.. I am liz… and I am kinda notorious for procrastination (in case you didn't know, just ask my mom) so please pray that Luke and I are able to get a good sleep in which we could gain some energy for the next day of travel! We land in Johannesburg at 5pm Thursday 8/28 and then leave the next morning for Livingstone, Zambia and travel by overland truck to the Base! (yeaaaah!!!!)
- that we are able to get through immigration in South Africa easily and that visa's are not a problem.
- that my luggage is, indeed, on that plane in front of me at this very moment. EVERY single time I have traveled internationally, my bags like to take their own separate tour of the world. It would be a huge blessing if I were able to walk off my plane and see them going round on the luggage rack, locks still in place, and all my personal belongings still there (j'burg has a reputation for thieves working in the airlines)
- Safety while we travel around J'burg.
- that my emotions and attachments back home, stay at home. It's become my desperate plea that I am able to step off onto the continent of Africa with one thing on my mind, to pursue God. To hear God, in whatever way, shape, or form and just give myself and everything familiar to me to Him for Him to do as he pleases. At this very moment, that is all I want and could ever ask for.

With Joy,
Liz



P to the S!
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