Warning, there will be a handful of pictures from Australia in this series and for good reason. If you don't know it by now, I have an unquenchable travel lust. And up until this point, I had never left North America. When I heard there was a gospel trip to Australia happening, I was one of the first to sign up. Yet, it almost didn't happen for me. I had just graduated college and figured I'd have a job well established by then.
Months went by, interviews were few and far between, the deadline to fully commit to the trip was approaching, things looked bleak. As the deadline neared, I was asked by my family if I was going at dinner one night. In frustration I replied most likely not as I couldn't pay for it. My dad approached me later and told me something I will forever be grateful for. My parents weren't well off enough to fund the trip, but my Dad told me he saw this as an incredible and meaningful opportunity. He said I would greatly benefit from going. So he offered to put the cost on a credit card and pay the interest on it until I could pay everything back in full. I accepted that offer in a heartbeat.
Two months after that interaction, I had secured a job, which by God's grace, allowed me to take a two week vacation after only being there for two weeks to fly halfway around the world. Everything fell into place and I knew it was God's doing.
This photo was taken merely two hours after we had landed in Sydney which was nearly 24 hours in total travel time. I had barely slept in about 26 hours and had a full day ahead. But that didn't matter. What mattered is that I was there, in Australia, in front of the world famous Opera House, with some of the many wonderful people that were there with us on that journey. This photo solidifies a dream come true.
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