trust

traveling by yourself (and even with only one other person) there is a lot of trust involved. i think i forget about the trust in everyday situations, but when im traveling in a foreign country its amazing how it pops out at you. sometimes its small, for example if i pay a guy for a snorkeling trip, i have to trust that a ride will pick me up the next morning and take me snorkeling. now you could get into the seriousness of that situation, beyond the money that he might be stealing from you to the fact that you trust the people's van you get into is really taking you snorkeling and nowhere else. a lot of trust.

i signed on with one organization which set me up with another organization to volunteer with. now that organization has sent me a 12 hour bus ride away to do some teaching. each time i trust that someone will be there waiting for me when i arrive at the bus station. i trust that that will help me find housing and guide me around my new area.

and all of this goes back to trust in God. i mean, like they say, with God on your side, who can be against you? and its trust. i pray for safety (as im sure my family and friends do as well) and things happen - im reading a book right now about a guy traveling. stuff happens. but i trust that no matter what, God's got my back. my fortunes maybe taken, my prize possessions revoked, my body crushed and crumbled but i trust in God's plan. I trust in His work which is greater than anything i can think or do. Trust.