It was another crazy travel chunk to get to Nepal… let me give you the run down.
1 hour van ride from Transnistria to Chisinau, Moldova.
12 hour train ride from Chisinau to Bucharest, Romania.
4 ½ hour plane ride from Romania to Doha, Qatar.
4 hour plane ride from Doha to Delhi, India.
1 hour plane ride from Delhi to Kathmandu, Nepal.
1 hour van ride to our new home.
55 hours was the grand total that we ended on, which included all of the customs and security lines that we stood in. 55 hours and probably 10 ish hours of sleep… we were exhausted!
But this blog isn’t about my traveling it’s about the fact that I lost my ipod. I lost my ipod on the first leg of the trip, on the train ride to Romania. I didn’t realize I was missing it until I grabbed my bible and journal for a quiet time in the Bucharest train station, so Katlyn and I ran back to where the train was to find it already gone. The information desk lady said there was no lost and found… I then accepted that my ipod was gone for good.
Jesus has been teaching me how much I need to depend on him for EVERYTHING. My quiet time means the world to me, and it is how I keep my sanity during some spiritual and emotional train wrecks. And my ipod is the key to my QT (quiet time) because I can seclude myself in a busy room. Sooo….. without that essential key…. I was internally freaking out, yet giving it all to Jesus. I walked back to the group with Katlyn and with peace in my heart that God was taking care of me. As much as I hated the fact that I left my entire sanity and music world on the train, I was sitting on my Father’s lap and he was telling me it’s ok. Just like everything else is ok. After I was back, Loren (another squadmate) came up to me and handed me her ipod shuffle, because it was her extra that she brought. Who brings an extra ipod?! I can hold 120 songs, and would have been happy with it holding 5 songs.
I am in awe at how God takes care of each of us. He knows how much my music means to me, and especially how necessary my time with him is. I am learning to give everything to him so that he can take care of me, as simple as leaving ipods on trains.
