6 Days and 15 Hours Until I Say "What Have I Gotten Myself Into?"

I really don't feel like a missionary yet.  It is probably because I am still sitting in my room with a plane ticket hanging out on my dresser, next to my iPod and coin jar, still sitting in its WWU Student Missions envelope.  My name is River Davis, and I am simply an ordinary 20-year-old who loves music and thrift shopping and Panda Express, and I am not cut out to be a missionary.

But God knows a thing or two about it, so I am not worried.

With trust, faith, and sacrifice to my own selfish desires, I can be used as a missionary if God desires that of me.  And from the looks of it, he does, because in exactly 6 days and 15 hours I will be stepping on a Boeing 737 to begin my journey to the 42-square-mile island of Kosrae, Micronesia to live for 10 months.  I will be a school teacher, teaching 3rd-4th graders how to
multiply
and read chapter books
and tell them where the deepest part of their ocean is
and where Everest is
and how their island came to be
and why a sentence must include at least a noun and verb to make sense
and who God is
and why he would love a little Kosraen kid like you.

I will be living off of Ramen, bananas, tangerines, breadfruit, fresh fish, and rain water.  I am responsible for cooking by myself, so thank goodness for the Ramen, since that is the extent of my cooking skills.

Thankfully, I will be accompanied by two of my friends, Ryan Thorpe and Tyler Hissong also from Walla Walla University.  Ryan is most well-known for making inedible lentils from sea water and his ability to grow semi-decent facial hair.  Tyler is famous for being able to climb impossible things (some I still don't believe in), surfing, and having dashing blond hair that does a terrible job of hiding his Florida origin.

Leaving behind family members and girlfriends alike as well as all the comforts of home and school, we are trusting that God can turn these three average college guys into something of beauty (hard to imagine, I know) and make us into missionary's for Him so that we can possibly shine a small light on this little island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  And as much as we think we are prepared for such a seemingly reckless adventure, I have a feeling that we can do little to prepare ourselves for the wonder that God will work in us and Kosrae in the next 10 months.

This blog is the account of three adventurers on a mission to change lives and maybe experience a changed life in ourselves.  Prayer's are appreciated, because we can do little without our Father's hand guiding us in this mission.



Now, time to go stock up on chapstick and guitar strings and flip flops.  If you would like to follow these accounts, then we would love to keep you updated on our mission and time here in Kosrae!

In His Service,

River Davis