As I reflect on the past year I am just in awe of how The Lord worked things out. 2013 started out with a lot of unknowns. I had just returned from Guatemala. I had no idea where I would work. I had no idea how I would go back to Thailand and was not really sure if I wanted to return. I knew the Lord was calling me to Thailand, but I had also fallen in love with Guatemala and the ministries there. I was so confused. Why did The Lord allow me to be in love with two different countries? A few months later I was able to return to Guatemala and I got the closure I needed. The Lord revealed to me that my time there in 2012 was just for a season. He also taught me that He doesn't need me but that He chooses to use me when and where He sees fit. It's such an honor to be used by Him and sometimes we take it for granted and sometimes we waste the opportunities He gives us. But His grace still abounds.
2013 was also the year of transitioning. A lot if my friends got married, and a few moved away. Life in Birmingham was looking different. Which in a way helped me to leave Birmingham when the time came. Leaving friends and family is never easy, no matter how often you do it, but it gets easier when you have less people to say goodbye too.
The latter part of the year was full of learning. Learning how to live truly live in rural Thailand. Having to get used to having extra housemates like ants and geckos. Learning how to teach English to Kindergarteners. Learning a different culture and a new language and alphabet. Sometimes I feel like a Kindergartener as I try to read Thai- and I get so excited when I can read something. Learning patience and learning to have grace with other people when they don't behave in the way I think they should.
2013 was a good year, my prayer is that 2014 would be an even better one. May God be glorified and may I look more like Jesus by this time next year than I do today!
Happy new year!!
2013 was also the year of transitioning. A lot if my friends got married, and a few moved away. Life in Birmingham was looking different. Which in a way helped me to leave Birmingham when the time came. Leaving friends and family is never easy, no matter how often you do it, but it gets easier when you have less people to say goodbye too.
The latter part of the year was full of learning. Learning how to live truly live in rural Thailand. Having to get used to having extra housemates like ants and geckos. Learning how to teach English to Kindergarteners. Learning a different culture and a new language and alphabet. Sometimes I feel like a Kindergartener as I try to read Thai- and I get so excited when I can read something. Learning patience and learning to have grace with other people when they don't behave in the way I think they should.
2013 was a good year, my prayer is that 2014 would be an even better one. May God be glorified and may I look more like Jesus by this time next year than I do today!
Happy new year!!
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