To Do List

Hey everyone,
So before I start this post, I'll tell you all a little bit about myself. My name is Emily Henry and this is my first mission trip, woo hoo! God has opened so many doors to allow my team & I to go on this trip. Preparations for this trip have been exciting, nerve-racking, new, fun, long, and basically any other adjective you can think of! This being my first trip has made me so excited to embark on this crazy new adventure that God has placed before me.
The fact that we leave Kansas City in a couple of days for Nicaragua is SO exciting. However, this week (and it's only the beginning) is one of the busiest weeks ever. There are people to see, laundry to be done, things to buy, items to be packed, blog posts to type (haha just kidding), work to be done, etc. etc. Last night it felt like my to-do list just kept getting longer and longer. I was talking to a close friend of mine and she told me to read 1 Peter 5:7. It says "casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you." Through all of the craziness of this week, Jesus was kind of put aside. Why I thought it was okay to push the God of the universe to the side still baffles me. The reason I'm going on this trip is because I was called to. It's for Jesus. I just got caught up in the to do list of life. Not saying that this week is going to get any less hectic...it'll probably just get more. But I'll keep reminding myself why I'm going on this trip. To all of you going on this trip: I urge you to do the same. Because this trip would be a whole lot of lame without Jesus in the equation. Please pray that we would cast our to do list on Jesus and focus on Him. :)