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| Wow, its been a while. Yeah, I'm not the greatest Xangaer ever. Sorry about that to all 2 of you that may actually read this. So update on my life... it hasn't been too exciting. But I've been in a necessary season and God's been doing some intense stuff in my life. And coming up, I'm going to Rwanda for six weeks with Book of Hope. So many thoughts and feelings on that one. I know my life's about to change drastically, which is a little scary, yet totally exhilarating. Honestly, there's just so much going on, no one thing in particular and nothing of great significance, but all nuggets of truth and revelation. I've been experiencing God in ways I never have before and am at a place that's raw and exposed. But it's a place I've needed to be in and God is gracious enough to allow me to to through this "yuck". Really its a beautiful yuck because its all about purging of the things in my life that are keeping me from being whole in Christ. I feel like I'm in the fire, being refined and purified. And although fire burns and hurts, the end result is God's masterpiece. How blessed I am to go through this process. So in another 3 months when I update again, it will be wonderful to see if I've come through the fire and where God has brought me. Thanks for reading. | | |
| It's amazing how much people are willing to sacrifice for something they believe in. So many comforts are given up for a life of discomfort. Families are separated, language is forfeited, friendships are foregone.... and even though they go without, there are no complaints...only hearts full of gratitude.
My time here in Thailand has allowed me to meet some of the most amazing families... those sacrificing to serve the country of China. Its a place where they can't pray out loud or use words like "church" or "God", where their babies grow up speaking in code, and their children have no other friends to play with. Their teenagers may be ostracized in school for their skin color, and family friends sometimes just "disappear" because of visiting their home the night before.
While this sounds like such a hardship to me, that's not the way they see it. These families call this place home... its the place they love and would give anything for. What I view as discomfort, they view as a worthy necessity to touch lives. They don't complain, they just do what needs to be done.
I can learn a lot from these families. I can learn about sacrifice and gratitude in any circumstance. These families give up so much, but to them its all worth it. Their sacrifice is another's gain... its my gain. | | |
| Right now I'm an Chaing Mai, Thailand it let me just say, its good times....This is me and Bethanie at the night market, and me and my new friend Chalrem.   | | |
| Hope. Not something I've been too familiar with. And yet, somehow, after all this time, its crept into my life. When you least expect it, the greatest miracles happen and you realize, that no matter how hopeless you may feel, there is something greater beyond. There is life, love, happiness... and there is hope. How good it is. | | |
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All of us at Tina's wedding | | |
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