Pre-Launch Update

It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve written anything on here so here it goes…

I leave in 10 days. 

And honestly, I really don’t know exactly how I feel. Mostly excited, but also kinda nervous, kinda confused, and a little bit sad.

It’s weird knowing that my life is about to be completely flipped upside down.

I leave DFW on January 8th & fly to Atlanta. My squad and I will meet up with our leaders & AIM staff to do a little bit more training. Then, on January 12th, we will all head to Costa Rica! (Hooray for the warm weather!!!)

If you haven’t yet heard, I am fully funded!! I’ll still need a little bit of extra spending money once I’m on the field, but I’m really not too concerned with that right now.

It’s weird that I have 10 days of not working (minus teaching one last class). All I’ve known for the past however many years is work. It kept me on a schedule. But now my only ‘schedule’ is to spend time with the people I love here in Texas. 

That leads to a whole other topic lol… In the past 3ish months, God has brought such incredible people into my life & brought me a lot closer to some others that I already kinda knew. But these people are in Texas. I don’t get to take them with me around the world. Why is it that after 20yrs in DFW I’m just now meeting these people? I don’t ask this in frustration, not one bit. But rather curiosity. It’s just so strange to me that after all this time of living here God chose right now, the few weeks before I leave, to bring these people into my life. However, it’s not my job to try & figure out God’s plan, so I’m just resting in the fact that He knows what He’s doing hahah and definitely believing that His timing is wayyy better than mine.

I’m going to miss my dance babies. Even just over Christmas break (& this past semester, considering I only teach a couple classes) I’ve missed their little hugs, silly sentences, & sweet laughs so so much.

Of course, this leads to the fact that I’m going to miss my the rest of dance family as well!! The dance studio staff is truly family to me. They’ve poured into my life SO much and I could never thank each of them enough for all they do for me. Tears are shed every single time I think about the fact that I won’t see them for almost an entire year. And I really don’t consider myself as someone that cries a lot.

As much as I’ll miss my family, friends, co-workers, students, & everyone in between, it’s exciting knowing that I will get to come back & see how much they’ve grown. Dancers learning new skills, two new babies in the family, a cousin married, and much much more!

Anyways, this post is all over the place (kinda like my emotions), but hopefully it makes some sense. Thank you again to everyone who has financially & prayerfully supported me thus far, I appreciate it immensely and am truly overwhelmed by the generosity.

I’m SO excited for the next 11 months & I know it’s going to be absolutely incredible! I think I’m just still processing the fact that it’s actually happening…

Please keep me, my family/friends, & my squad in your prayers as life begins (continues?) to shift.

 

Love ya!! – Jamey