Awaiting Departure

With September 5th coming so soon I don't really know where to begin. Right now I have a sweet baby girl lying next to me fast asleep. This beautiful 6 month old's name is Madison and she is my niece. When I see her next she will be at least twice her size with real hair. It is easy to imagine what next summer will be like preparing for Grad school in the same country as everyone I know and everything that is familiar. It is the next 10 months in between that I can't even begin to understand. I will be living in northern Greece able to eat fresh baklava and homemade gyros. I could take a bus to Athens to see the Acropolis and walk where Plato, Socrates, and Euripides actually lived. Greece is the home of men who wrote and recorded history. How do I begin to imagine that I could a ferry across the seas where the Iliad and the Odyssey took place? How do I begin to understand that this place, where Democracy was born and Alexander the Great ruled will be my home for nearly a year? I could read Paul's epistle in the very city he wrote it to, the Thessalonians. As ridiculous as this all sounds this is my reality. Thankfully, God has given me a complete peace about this crazy trip and with that I am simply excited for how this adventure will unfold. This blog is to tell all of you amazing people back home my stories.