T-Minus 50ish Days!

It's hard to believe that I'm only 50ish days away from leaving the city, let alone the country to start my new life in California. Although I am extremely excited, much of those feelings have been overcrowded by a constant sense of urgency. Over the past months, I feel as if my mind has been whirring a million miles a minute, going over the details of what I will need, what I will pack, whether I have all the right documentations, how my support raising is going etc... Though these details occupy most of my thinking time, I have had moments when the reality of this move really hits me.
I think the thing that amazes me the most is that this is actually finally happening in my life. It seems like ages ago that I entered my Descipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) I had plans to go to University prior to this DTS. God told me to do otherwise. I said o.k and assumed I'd be heading to Uni the following fall. While on my DTS, and in Pismo, I sense God calling me to something different. "You will return here" He told me (March, 2004). When, I had yet to find out. So I began seeking God as to what He would have me do next. Not only did he shut the door on University, but he opened my heart to taking a counselling school with YWAM. In Hawaii of all places, the last base in the world I wanted to go to (I know, believe it or not!)
After this school, I again had little idea of what God wanted me to do. The thought of remaining in Calgary was a bit daunting as my parents no longer lived there and I felt little attachement to the city. Again I went to the Lord and asked him what I should do. I sensed I should return to Calgary and begin pursuing studies. I wasn't sure how long I would be there, only that I should go to Rocky Mountain College and begin a degree in Counselling Psychology. So that's what I did. Friends, I'm not trying to negate college in any way, I loved my experience there and everything I learnt, but my heart is not in the classroom, it is on the missions field (though technically a classroom is a missions field, but you know what I'm saying). So I was seeking God as to when I could go back with YWAM. God had placed the desire in my heart during my DTS to someday staff one. I knew this was what I would want to do when I joined YWAM full time.
During my first semester of college, I went on a roadtrip with my best friend and her soon to be husband (as a chaperone) and we made a pit stop in Pismo Beach. As I mentioned, I was praying about the possibility of joining YWAM full time at a couple of bases. I remembered what the Lord had told me in Pismo and desired to go back there. I feared the two year commitment I would have to make though. During our short time there I sensed God confirming that this was indeed the time to join, and the base to do so in. I was so excited.
This led to my application process starting in January of this year. So as you can see, though it's only been 2 and a half years since I first sensed the call to Pismo on my heart, it feels like it's been a lifetime of waiting. It's like when you're waiting to go on vacation. The last few days before departure feel like weeks.
That is where I am in my life. Content in the fact that I know I am walking joyfully in obedience with the Lord, yet struggling with the antsiness that comes with such a major life change. I hope that over my continuous journey you will see the Lord's faithfullness, goodness, grace, as well as my obedience and love for Him. I'm so excited to share His heart and my heart with you.