The worst sound in the entire world is an alarm clock; normally, I wake up every morning having a minor panic attack because of that obnoxious, screeching, buzzing mechanism of sleep-deprivement. When my alarm started going off this morning, I had my minor panic attack and pressed snooze (because who wouldn't want to have that experience multiple times per morning, right?). As I was falling back into blissful sleep, I suddenly realized something: I'M MOVING TO CHINA IN 2 WEEKS!!! Man, talk about an intense morning wake-up call! I know I'm young and fairly fit, but I thought I was having a legit heart attack; it wasn't a feeling of fear or even panic, but more like reality is finally settling in. I'm moving to China in 2 weeks. Only fourteen days until I move to China. China=2 weeks. No matter how many times or different ways I say it, it still just doesn't actually feel real yet, but I know that it is real and that it's coming REALLY soon. The past 9 months of preparation have flown by and now it's almost time to put all of that preparation into action!
Suddenly, I'm beginning to wonder if everything I've done to prepare has made me ready for this next year. I'm about to move to China and begin teaching English to 300+ Chinese children, who only speak Mandarin Chinese and I speak very little of their language (poorly, I might add), not to mention that I've never been to Asia, oh and that my BA was in Psychology... After 9 months of preparing for China, learning Mandarin Chinese and taking 3 master's courses in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, plus the month of training in Beijing during August, and I'm somehow now qualified. And then I remember the only thing that actually matters when it comes to my "qualifications": He doesn't Call the qualified; He qualifies the Called.
P.S.- only 5 days until my birthday :-D
2 weeks baby!!!!!!
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