Depending on race routes, a lot of times racers easily skip over to other countries, and I had been waiting for my chance! It just so happens this month we are about a 6-7 hour train ride away from Singapore, so a few of us took the weekend to get our passports stamped and visit!
This month has been an interesting one so far.
In many ways, it is the first month on the race that really feels like “real life” to me. I mean, for one, we are working at a school (we are also living at the school, which I guess is the “world race” part of the month :). We work Monday through Friday and have the weekends “off.” I spend some time most afternoons or evenings planning some kind of activity or story to teach for English class. Oh, then I usually spend some time hanging out with my awesome teammates, some of us work out together, we grab some street food for dinner (the “world race” part again), and usually stay up too late!
Anyways, especially with our travel to Singapore this weekend, life this month reminds me a lot of what my life looked like the past 4 years (teaching and traveling!); At least the routine of it all seems similar (sure, I spent more time grading papers, could afford more expensive dinners out, and had an apartment and bed of my own to sleep in). However, this all got me thinking, how does my life look different now than it did last year? And how will it look different when the routine will most likely be very much the same next year as I’m teaching in the States (minus all the traveling)?
I was sitting here planning on typing out a nice little list for you, but that’s not necessary. My life does look different, and here is why: Now, I am living a love story.Every day- whether I am teaching or heading to the cafe for wifi or traveling to Singapore for the weekend- every day is an adventure with my Father. Every day is ministry, even when it looks like “real life.”
This month that not only looks like teaching, but it looks like staying after school to read with the little girl who pulls you into the library corner. It looks like praying for the country of Singapore and the women you see in the bars below your hostel. It looks like sparking a conversation with your uber driver and talking to him about what you are doing here. It looks like heading to the cafe with your teammates and sharing testimonies and celebrating the Lord’s amazing work with each other.
I am so excited to continue on this amazing adventure in Malaysia for the next week and a half, and Central America for the next 3 months, and then back in America in August 🙂
Enjoy the Flat Stanley video from Singapore!
