As I stepped off the plane after 24 hours of traveling and limited sleep, there was a small voice in the back of my head that said, “what if? What if Misgana and Melaku had the wrong date? What if there was a problem with the taxi and they weren’t able to arrive in time? What if they had switched Am and PM? What if I went out in the parking lot and there was no one there to receive me? I had no way to communicate with the individuals who were picking me up at the airport. A lot of “what ifs” went through my head as I made my way down the stairs to immigration.
Traveling alone as a female to a third world country takes a lot of trust. It is these times that I have to give all fear and anxiety to God. It is not about trusting the individuals who are meeting me at the airport but about trusting that God has me covered from head to toe. It is about trusting and believing that God has gone ahead of me and made the crooked places straight.
Psalm 56:3-4 says, “When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?