1 16lb backpack + a 28-song trip soundtrack + every cure for upset stomach known to man + the superphone = the start of a great adenture!

 

Cambria in Vancouver BC

 

 

Here I am starting off my trip in vancouver bc yesterday! I was able to fit everything into this backpack and another little bag for the whole two weeks. Im actually pretty impressed considering that I found out at the last minute I had to rbing my own bedding, towels,and TOILET PAPER! So al of that plus clothes shoes and ebough gronola bars for two weeks and I think im set!

I’ve also been using my new fun global phone to email etc but the most fun part of it is playing music. Adriel made me a fabulous mix of music just for the trip & I get to listen to 2 songs each day. On top of that I have Mark Driscol’s Ruth series, 1 timothy & John for the long plane trip tomorrow. 

Pray for me to have compassion for the people im going to spend time with. The further I get into this trip the easier it is for me to start to long for the comforts of home – and im not even there yet! I sat by a very smelly homeless woman on the tube tonight and watched sadly as a man across from us stared a her the whole trip with distain and sighed in relief when she disembarked. 

It was hard becase io felt bad for her but I didn’t really want to be sitting next to her smelling her either. And I keep thinking of india and how that womab might smell like the queen in comparison to so of the people im going to come to love. I never want to be like that arrogant man across the aisle but I also don’t want to just retreat into my own desire for comfort and not be real and get close to people on this trip.

Goodnight!