I met this guy at YAPS tonight (Young Adult Professionals...not Asian Professionals) named Hal Jones and the guy is a legend. His stories are inspiring and when he speaks he is honest and heartfelt. It is obvious why he is so successful in the missions field. I am pretty envious of Jon getting to go to Africa with this dude.

Hearing him talk motivated me so much to keep my dreams alive and start researching. As soon as I get home. Now. But then on the drive home, thinking more about it and where I want to go and what I want to do it hits me that its not something I can do right now. I need to spend time, quality time, building up a support base before I go down that route. And I have committed myself to doing that at home next year and at urban promise in the future. So it is hard and frustrating for me to hear and think about missions opportunities that aren't possible for me.

Short-term missions are still viable and something I am considering for Spring 2009 so as soon as global hope's timetable comes out for '09 sign me up!