Life

I really want to write a blog. But I am almost at a loss about what to write about. There seems to be so much and yet so little happening at the same time. This week I was blessed to have a visitor from Vegas come and stay with me for a week. She leaves on Thursday and it has been a lot of fun catching up with one another, touring my city and hearing how the Lord has been working in both of our lives. I am slightly jealous that she will be back to the States long before I will. Yet, I am still excited that there is more time here in front of me than behind. In just a couple of days Anna and I will pass our 7 week mark here in the city, meaning we are more than 1/3 done with our time. I have only ever lived away from home for 8 weeks before, so soon I will be passing that mile marker as well.

People always ask me when I talk with them "So, tell me what's been going on there." And, there are days when I have to stop and think. Father has been teaching me many lessons while I have been here. Some days I question if he just brought me here to teach me to be still. Anna and I have days where we walk around the city and pray, days where we stay at home and read and journal and days where we head to the coffee shop to have times of accountability. In the middle of all of this we are working on building friendships with the girls here that the Lord has given us all the while taking advantage of any opportunity that we get to explore another part of the city. I don't recall a time in my life in which I have many chances to sit and be still before the Lord. It is just so refreshing. I am used to living a life in the States of constant. Constant going, thinking, buying, planning, doing. And life just isn't that way here. Sure, we have our busy days here but they don't compare with life in America. I have to remind myself on a fairly consistent basis to take the down time I have been given as a blessing. To use that time to seek the Lord. To be still in His presence. To grow in Him. He is teaching me more and more to "pray continually."

1 Thessalonians 5:17 In the middle of my days when I am seeking purpose I just remember to be still. To listen for His voice. And to seek opportunities to serve, opportunities that look vastly different than the ones I am used to. I know once I get back home that I will look back and cherish these moments of solitude and peace. What a blessing.

The people and place I have been called to serve.