Well I’ll be boarding a plane for Moscow approximately 15 hours from now, and I’m not really sure what to say. Right now I’m fighting back a combination of fear, nervousness, excitement, suspense, and just about everything else that one could feel before doing this sort of thing.
And for some reason, I keep thinking back to what I would consider one of the greatest moments in the history of the American film industry. Now I’ve got a soft spot in my heart for John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, but the two of them together in the Blues Brothers were absolutely brilliant and they make me laugh every time. If you are one of the unfortunate people who have never had a chance to watch it, stop what you’re doing and watch it. Right now.
(As a missionary who works for GBGM, I‘ve got to warn y’all that there is some language in the movie, so I apologize in advance.)
Anyways, I currently feel like the two brothers “on a mission from God” after they play the big show, raise all the money needed to save the orphanage, and have to get to the Chicago courthouse by morning.
“It’s a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses…”
I’ve got my stuff packed up and I’m ready to take on whatever the world has to throw at me, but I still feel grossly unprepared for living in a culture that I know very little about with a bunch of people I’ve never met.
I guess all that’s left for me to do is to “hit it”.
Wish me luck!
Never Stop Speaking 