The Road Less Travelled

25 days.
It's very hard to wrap my head around the idea that in 25 days I will be leaving to start my journey serving with Mercy Ships. I will be volunteering as the Grade 2 teacher aboard the Africa Mercy Ship, the largest charity hospital ship in the world. This organization has converted a train ferry into a state-of-the-art hospital ship to provide free surgeries and health care for the poor of West Africa. I am so honoured and excited to be a part of the work this organization does!!

I have realized how interesting life can get when you surrender your future completely to God. I was approaching, what I referred to as 'the big question mark', as my predictable life course of "elementary school, high school, post-secondary school...." was nearing the end. It was at this point that I really started praying about where God wanted me for the next year. As one thing led to another, I found myself moving in a direction I never thought I would go. Africa? A boat? A year? Wow....sounds great!!

I am remembering a poem I learned about in high school called "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost (http://www.online-literature.com/frost/755/ in case you're curious).

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference"

Yes, this road is less travelled. But I beleive it will make all the difference....
This is my journey. This is the road I am choosing.
This is my life.