Soon to leave

In one week and two days, I will be leaving on a jet plane. The date is set for Friday, March 23rd. I'll leave at 3:30 pm from Dulles Airport, and arrive in San Jose, Costa Rica at approximately 8:30 pm. I'm very excited, however, as the time arrives, I've started to have other emotions as well. One year will fly by, but it is also a significant amount of time to be gone. It is enough time for a whole lot to change. I fear the change that will happen while I am gone and that I will have to adjust to when I return. I am truly going to miss the people who have been such a huge part of my life in this past year since I graduate from college. My family, my bible study and friends from church, my friends at BB&T. I trust God knows what He's doing with me, and the future is ultimately in His hands, and worrying about it won't get me anywhere... but it has started to weigh on my mind for the first time in terms of my time in Costa Rica and after. But its an adventure and the uncertainty sparks something exciting in my spirit that I must admit is driving me to get on with these plans. So I leave in a little over a week. I would say that this time will be bitter sweet, but if I say that, I would still be holding on to the doubt that this trip will somehow make my life worse off than what it is. If I'm trusting God on this one, and I like to think that I am, then only His best and His glory will come out of it. But I'll miss everyone while I'm gone.