There are a lot of factors that go into deciding to go on an 11-month mission trip. For me, the biggest thing was not seeing my family for a year. I love my family very much and I knew it was going to be heartbreaking to leave them for that long and know that there may be months that I don’t get to talk to them. It is especially hard knowing that my 3-year-old nephew would have a harder time understanding why I was gone and for how long I would be gone for. I knew this is what the Lord had for me, and I knew it would be hard.

Another thing I had to consider was understanding that doing missions in a Covid world would add a whole new level of concern. Honestly, I didn’t put much thought into the fact that I would be travelling internationally in a pandemic but, as the day drew near that I would be leaving and having new variants pop up I was very concerned and considered postponing until next year. But the Lord had other plans and I knew this was when he planned for me to go.

On top of those two reasons, there were many things to consider like finances, work, school, etc. There are a lot of reasons not to do something but, in my experience if the Lord is calling you to do something he will make room for it in your life whether you want him to or not.