I feel like with each blog entry I could pick a friend, quote that person and describe how it applies. The friend I pick for my first entry is: Tracey Mann... congrats Trace.
When Tracey was moving from Roeland Park, KS to Salina, KS to run for Congress he had a going away party. Everyone sat around and talked about how much they were going to miss him and what life was going to be like after he was gone. I remember going up to him afterwards and he was like, 'Guys, I'm not dying.' I feel a little bit of that...
I am leaving for 4 months. I am going to Quito, Ecuador (pronounced key-toe...thanks Corey) and experience the culture and language of that country. My plan is to come back to Kansas City when I return, but I do feel that I will change. My hope is big. The reason I'm going is to know myself; the reason I'm going is to be changed by the people, the poor; the reason I'm going is for adventure. Though the plan is to return...and I am not dying...there is something that I anticipate will be gone forever: who I am right now. That's what will change. I'll end my first blog entry with something else that our friend Tracey Mann said:
Expect nothing. Experience everything.
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