Friends,
I’m excited but completely terrified. I’m leaving for Cambodia in approximately 2 months. There, God is letting me live my dream. But here in the U.S life goes on. You keep doing the normal, everyday, routine things. Your life doesn’t push "Pause" just because I’m not in it. Some of you are going to be married when I come back, others will have kids. Some of you don’t even know it yet…but you’ll move jobs and change addresses. No doubt, some of you will even pass away.
Friends, I’m trying to be prepared for the changes that will happen. I just don’t know how. It’s strange to think that I just potentially said goodbye to my favorite nephew for the next two years. Weird to know one of my best friends is getting married tomorrow… and her life is going to look completly different when I get back.
I don’t really dwell on these thoughts very often. Frankly, it’s just not very fun and I would rather look forward to the future then contemplate that I'm also saying "cya later" to so many. But please know, regardless of how long (or short) of time we’ve known each other. I will miss you. For those of you who I haven’t seen in a long time – my Ireland & Nepal families, Camp Id Ra Ha Je, JAX STP, & UNI friends: I still think of you, pray for you, and remember the time God gave us together joyously. I’ve been beyond blessed to get you in my life and have such a great base of support.
I 
wish we could sit down with a cup of coffee and have a long afternoon discussion – or go on a short adventure together. We can’t though, so here is my continued prayer for you: That you would grow more in love with Christ every day. Taking risks and laughing at fears by boldly stepping out in faith. I pray that you would see your beauty & creativity is needed for a specific, God-given purpose.
I love you, more then you can imagine. Trust Jesus, He loves you FAR MORE then imaginable.
— Heather
P.S: Feel free to keep me updated on life… yes even after being gone a year I stil want to know about the changes in your life!
Here is a video that shares a little bit more about the journey that God's brought me on to this point: (Thanks to Matt Tully for shooting/editing it!)
I love how your face lights up when you say PP Cambodia!!!
Mere – it’s fun form e to look back on this video. It was made for my college church and one hand it is going to be so hard to not join them this fall again… but I’m SO excited to be with you in Phnom Penh :).
God is so good. Love you!
(& Kelsey, you did a GREAT job of explaining where you are at in your blog! Praise the Lord for dreams!)
Beautifully written. I struggle with the same things–saying goodbye for 2 years (be it not forever)– and it was nice to read it in words as I would have struggled to put it so eloquently!
love 🙂