Howdy!

How does one start a new blog? How am I supposed to begin on what will be a window into the brand new world I’m flying to on the 7th of January? What do I type for my friends, family, supporters, and random interested people?

The truth is that I am full of questions. I’m not sure what it will be like to be living on the other side of the planet. I’m not sure how I’ll respond to working with college students on a daily basis. I don’t know how I’ll deal with being away from my entire family, almost all of my friends, and everything I know well.

I guess I should tell you what I do know. I know that God wants me to be in Thailand. Those close to me know that I wouldn’t miss out on recruiting for Camp of the Hills unless I was absolutely sure that Thailand was where I’m supposed to be. I know that I’ll be leaning heavily on the established missionaries in Chiang Mai, my fellow interns and great friends John Kaczmarek (Who will hereafter be referred to as “Kaz”) and Julie Klippel, and on the prayers of those back here in the states. Finally, I know that after this experience I will never be the same.

I will be updating this blog quite a bit, I hope. I imagine Julie will be filling her blog with lots of pictures of our work, so I’ll link to hers as soon as I get her address, and Kaz will more than likely have tons of deep thoughts, so I’ll link to him as well. I’m thinking as the guy who enjoy writing the most, and the one who has a blogging history, I’ll do my best to put cool stories of what’s going down on this site, as well as some videos and other media, and lots of updates on our day-to-day activities.

I hope that you, whoever you happen to be, will remember me in your prayers as I go through several months of good times and trials, of joy and sadness, of Spiritual mountain tops and nights filled with doubts. Pray that I am open to being used as a tool by God, for wisdom in working with people from a completely different culture, and that I can make it through these five months without family, friends, or Camp of the Hills. God bless y’all.