Emotionally spent.. No better place to be...

Departure time was set for 0300 hours. I considered going to bed, but after finishing loads of laundry and stuffing my material possessions into a suit case once again, there was no point in going to bed. Instead, I chose to sit on the couch with a few of my Gateway friends and family. We met merely four weeks ago, but have shared a lifetime´s worth of experiences. Can it be time to say good-bye already?Quiet out of character for me, I looped my hands through my friend´s arm and just sat next to him. Barely saying a word, I just held onto his closeness. Maybe an attempt at wanting to feel like everything isn´t slipping away and changing again... Fast forward 14 hours. I stepped off an airplane and was greeted with a blast of hot, humid, island air; an oddly refreshing feeling. Bienviedas a la Dominican Republic! I cannot believe I am in another place again. The fast furry and travel of the past few months has finally caught up with me. In the last few months, I have been in Africa, Idaho, the dentist, New Hampshire, the hospital, Idaho, the dentist, Montana, the dentist, the dentist again, Louisiana, surgery, Texas, and now the Dominican Republic. I am having a small mental brain and heart attack. The emotions of the past few weeks, intensity of travel, and my health concerns have caused me to now ¨freak out.¨ I could use your prayers to say the least. I know God called me to change my plans and come to the Dominican to show love to these people, if only for a short time, but holy cow! My mind, body, energy, and soul are having trouble keeping up with the tasks God calls me to. I am confident that everything I do is in his strength, so I know it will be okay. There is no way anything I am doing here is in my strength because I feel so weak. I need the strength, desire, and passion to continue giving when I feel I have nothing left to give. I will keep you updated, but for now... I am in a new country, meeting new people, sleeping with cockroaches, emotionally spent, in need of prayer, and in the center of God´s will... no better place to be. I love all of you.