So, this week there is the National Youth Workers Conference in Nashville. I love Nashville and I NYWC. It will be refreshing, especially after Uprising, the weekend retreat that we just had for high school and middle school students. I was originally going to fly and then the plane ticket was going to cost too much and then blah blah blah. So, moral of the story is, I drove. It takes about 11 hours to drive to Nashville but Kayti lives in Jefferson City which is about 8 hours away from home and 3 hours from Nashville; thus, the perfect stopping point.
I love road tips. I get excited thinking about them and they're always perfectly planned out because of my love for maps. I hit a spot when I was almost half way to Jefferson City, where I asked myself, What are you doing. It got a little bit boring for a time, but with a little Matt Wertz and Andy Davis, I was able to make it.
I got to stay with Kayti right outside of Knoxville at Carson Newman. It was really good being able to see her before I leave for China.
At last, I had reached Nashville. I don't know why, but I love Nashville. The conference was nice. It was relaxing to actually be apart of a program and not behind it.
It was well done and intricate. The conference is something I look forward to every year. It was also nice to be with Chrissy for a while. I saw her some when she was here this past summer but not for a long period of time. I realized how much I have changed. In a good way. I'm not the same person that showed up to the internship a couple years ago.
I thought that driving would give me a chance to sort out things in my mind about China...but I rarely thought about it. I guess because I've never been there, I have no idea what to expect. It's hard to think about something that you've never seen. I'm sure it'll be the plane ride over that gets me. Either way, I can wait to see what God has for me in these next couple of months.
