Departure!

I am minutes away from boarding my flight. The new free wifi thing, is awesome, by the way.  I have to admit I wondered if I would be able to get it all together in time to go.  There certainly were moments along the way where I felt like throwing in the towel, but now that it comes to this moment where my fate is sealed and I am at the very least going to have an extended educational vacation, all the work, the stress and the blood sweat and tears seam worth it.  I can almost taste my own anticipation.  I still have some reservations but I am feeling calm, collected and cool.  I cannot believe how many people have stepped behind me, offered support, and just been there to talk me through things.  I have an amazing set of family, friends, and a great community of people from all walks of life who have made this trip possible.  All i can think of is "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."  I am eagerly anticipating running the race set before me and it is made all the easier given who is behind me.  Thank you to all of you, if your reading this you have been integral in this journey.  I pray that I will be receptive and focused on the path, and that i will run the race that He has set out for me, and not the one I have set for myself.  The gun just sounded, the race begins and so does my boarding call.