The trip has started... kind of

Well in some ways I now feel a day into my trip. But we are still in Atlanta. We met today at a hotel near the airport for a briefing before we go. We spent a few hours thisn afternoon in meetings about all different stuff and then a few hours after dinner in our small groups getting to know one another better. I'm really excited about my small group. Our leader is Troy Coons, the trip director. He lived in South Africa for five years as a kid and has worked all over the world with Crusade. Also in my group, Andrew is a grad student at UGA who God has worked mightily in over the last few years in Athens. And Dan is an upcoming senior at FSU. I am acutally the youngest one of the group, which is unusual for me after leading some small groups in SigEp, but I think there is a lot of wisdom for me to learn from these men. Our group as a wholeis 18 students and 6 staff, a great ratio for us! Our team is mostly UGA kids (11) but Georgia Tech, FSU, UCF, Mississippi St. and Alabama-Huntsville are also represented. We leave the hotel at 6:15 tomorrow morning so I'm headed to bed but pray for what I hope to be the longest travel day(s) of my life tomorrow- over 30 hours from leaving this hotel to our hotel in Durban.