Heading to Costa Rica

Today is the day, and I am in route to Costa Rica! This reminds me so much of going to Ecuador and all of the wonderful memories I made there. It was in Ecuador that my love for the Spanish language was born, and now I have the opportunity of studying in Costa Rica to further my Spanish skills. I am filled with excitement, but it's with sadness that I leave everything I love behind.
                                 

What do we leave behind when we cross each frontier? 

Each moment seems split in two; 

melancholy for what was left behind and the excitement of entering a new land.

 -Motorcycle Diaries

I know that I came back from Ecuador a different person, and I wonder how my experiences in Costa Rica will impact my life. My days and weeks have been filled with homework, assignments, work, and preparations so it is different to be sitting at the airport with nothings that I need to do. I hope that I have more time like this over the summer, and I plan to enjoy it! I am actually pretty excited to not have a phone again while I am away. I will be much more disconnected, but I hope even closer with my Saviour. I have been reflecting on the path that He has brought me on to bring to this moment, and I am in awe of His grace. I have been blessed and challenged on this road, and continue to trust Him who holds the future in His hand. The verse below was suggested to me by dear friends and it has been a comfort to me during the busy season leading up to today.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3