When I was teaching in MN my wife and I were hired to go and teach at a boarding school in Kenya called Rift Valley Academy.( http://www.rva.org/ ) This school has a storied past, Teddy Roosevelt laid the corner stone for the main teaching house. We were going to live in Africa for 2 years and use it as a spring board into seeing the rest of the world!
We quit our jobs, sold our cars, updated passports, were leaving in 3 months so started the round of shots we needed to live in Sub-Sahara Africa. We went into the doctor and proceeded to get 3 shots each. Before the second round of shots that evening my wife had to take a pregnancy test and to our surprise came back with news of an unforseen blessing, she was pregnant which meant she could not take any more shots and would not be able to take any malaria medicine period.
Our trip was in peril, the 5 year plan in question. We were excited yet frustrated as you can imagine. So, like two good maximizing planners we forged ahead with our plans to go. We had a long list of all the reasons it could still work. The school was in a malaria "free" zone. We talked to 6 mothers who gave birth in Africa and on and on the planning went.
One day we had an appointment with my wife's doctor, a wise and well seasoned professional. The check up went great; we reviewed with her our plan to still go. At that point she looked up at us slapped her knees and said, "Kids, here's what I think. You only have one chance to bring an A+ baby into the world. After that, Africa will still be there." She stood up and walked us out of the appointment.
You know what? She was right. We stayed home, found jobs, bought new cars and had an A+ baby who turned 13 this year. Life still continued to happen and opportunities for adventure, for purpose, for wealth creation and using our gifts still presented themselves even though we let go of the big trip to the biggest continent.
By the way, I did go to Africa 5 years ago and you know what? The doctor was right, the continent was still there.
Do you have a big continent that is critical to you and your plan?
Has an unforseen blessing shook your big continent plan to it's foudation?
What will it take to get launch the blessing as an A+?
Will your continent still be there?
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