8 Days...

8 Days till I leave the country for the first time in 6 years.

It is hard to believe that it is almost here, but I am so ready and excited for it. Right now I just wish it was now! I can't really do any more planning than I have and just really want to go. There is no good in worrying over the things that I have been worrying about anymore, I'll just have to take it as it comes.

Stacie got back from Beyond a few weeks ago and in the short time she was here (before she visited Ohio and family) we got to sit down a few times and really talk about what we were looking to get out of this trip and it made me feel so much better about things. We had talked about the trip before she left, but I didn't buy our tickets until she had already left for Beyond, so this entire trip has been planned long distance. But she is a good reminder to me that we are going with open minds and we purposefully have not planned very much of this trip because we want to be open to what comes. Even so, we are lucky enough to be meeting up with our friends Casey and Ethan the first 5 days of our trip. And then a friend of mine knows some translator women who live in Quito who will be able to show us around too. We are being provided for before we even leave!

Okay, off to buy myself a watch...