75 Days

75 days till August 3. My anticipation of that day is sometimes overwhelming. At times it's just mundane situations as traveling on the MTR or buying a local snack at a street store when it gets me: "Just a couple more weeks till the team gets here!"... and I wonder which of the team members will like the HK food; and who won't... who will freak out being on the MTR feeling like a sardine; and who will love being surrounded by all these people.

I recently read a collection of essays by Leonard Sweet called "The Church of the Perfect Strom". In one of the essays it says "it's not just about the journey or the destination; it's about those with whom you travel". If there is one thing I would have to mention about what counts for university students of this generation, it's relationships. Genuine and authentic relationships that break through the barriers of culture, doctrine and systems. I am simply excited about the people "with whom I will travel"; people that are leaving everything behind to serve the One who longs to be in relationship with us all; people that get ready to move to this part of the world to transform this generation of university students through the love of Christ. And that's what the journey is all about,

...it's about us becoming him.