And so it begins...

OK. It's that time. The time that I have been waiting for and preparing for since last November. Its time to go Barefoot. I arrived in GA yesterday afternoon and hit the ground running. Britt (our Director) and I had a delicious meal at Chick-fil-a. I'm pretty sure that CFA tastes better in GA than it does anywhere else, purely because this is where it was founded. We then drove to Macon and met our campus contact person and started settling in.

Then the fun began. After we grabbed a quick dinner, we went to meet the tractor trailer to unload the truck and move things to our side of campus. Mind you I am wearing flip flops during this process. Bad idea. So, we lift up this heavy (as in probably 80 pounds) metal ramp to put over the gap from the truck to the loading dock. I am assisting in this process. The ramp is put into place and one side is raised up higher than the other. In an attempt to level out the ramp, a fellow Passport employee pushed the ramp....right onto my big toe. I look down and my first thought is "Crap. My pedicure got messed up." I then see blood start pouring out from under my toenail and realize that my toenail is only hanging on by one corner. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt. We continue to unload the truck and I assist when I can. Once we get back to the apartments I rinse off my foot and realize that more medical attention than my ability to put on a band-aid is necessary. So Laura (our Pastor) and I drive to the hospital. I realize at this point my toenail will probably come off and I start to freak out a little because I have very little pain tolerance. I tell anyone who comes into the room that I don't care what they have to do to my foot, as long as I don't feel anything. So, the doctor numbs up my toe and takes care of the problem (I'm getting nauseous talking about this). I get back to campus and unpack, and get some sleep.

Meanwhile, two of our staffers, Stephen (Worship Coordinator) and Perry (Bible Study Leader) have had a worse time than I have. Their travel experience has been anything but smooth, but luckily they will arrive on campus at some point this morning. Needless to say they are exhausted and just ready to be done traveling.

So, I've been here less than 24 hours and already been challenged. But its OK. Hopefully there will be no more delays and issues that arise while we are here. Keep our team in your prayers this week. The Program Staff is on campus and getting ready for the rest of our staff to arrive tomorrow. Pray for calmness and patience. Pray for good night's of sleep so we will be rested when training week officially begins. Pray that nothing else happens to any feet, considering our theme is Barefoot and there will probably be a lot of pictures taken of feet. Thanks for your thoughts. That's all for now.