This Moment In Time

Boxes packed. Stuff moved to my friends house. Backpack packed. Bills paid. Phone calls made. All the loose ends I was not quite sure would be tied up are tied up.

I will fall asleep tonight in the state of Oregon for the last time for the next three months. Tomorrow Beth will take me to the airport and I will fly to Ft. Wayne to see my old teammates. Then Monday Amy and I will drive up to Chicago and I take off from Chicago Tuesday. I arrive in Vienna Wednesday and my team and I will take part in an amazing race from Vienna to Malenovice where our stuff will be waiting and then we begin training. 

Five years in the waiting and here I go...I am SO excited. I am confident that God is going to show up in huge ways this summer in and through my life. That is the one thing I know I can go expecting. The rest, well the rest will be an adventure. I know God has prepared me for this moment in time. The Emily K. Ford of today is supposed to be in Czech. Not Emily K. Ford of last year or the year before that or any other year since I was there last. Right here and right now. This moment in time. I go meditating on Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. (NIV)" May these words be true of my summer. 

So here I go! I will update again after we finish the amazing race, when I arrive to Czech! Thank you so much for being part of this summer through financial gifts and prayers and words of encouragement. 

His and yours,

Em