I like diving boards...

I actually do like diving boards. I feel like I've been standing in line for one the past few months.

Now, however, I'm up next! Tomorrow is departure day, and I couldn't be more ready to get a move on. Tonight will hold a delicious meal with my parents before I go to a place that will give dear mother's cooking a run for its money :)

"Tyler, are you scared...or nervous?"

Only if I end up being surrounded by screaming infants on the flight to Zurich. *twitch*

Eager is the word I'd choose. Very eager. I love adventure in all its wild forms, and after I experience one it's a quick turnaround until I'm ready for another one. One thing I've learned concerning adventures that are relatively out of the ordinary, is that they are greatest when a conscious decision is made to invite God into it. I want and need Him to be the architect. I want to walk on a tightrope where faith is the only substance requiring dependency.

After all, I'm an American...I don't need faith ;)

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation." 

-Hebrews 11:1-2-

If it was good enough for people who followed God thousands of years ago in a lurid, barbaric period and were commended by God for it, it's good enough for me. 

Pray for this, friends. A gift of faith for not only myself, but the people I am going to. Faith in God--the Alpha and the Omega, the Creator, Provider, Refuge and Strength, Shield, Healer, and

Father, Abba...Daddy

Thank you, everyone, for your support. I am eager to report all that I see and hear. Stay tuned.

Oh...and...

Bring it.