Only 3 weeks of the race left! I can’t believe how fast the time has gone. Part of me is ready to go home and relax and just be. And another part of me is sad that it really is almost over, I’m going to miss everyone and all the experiences we’ve had.
The last of the month of the race has been strange.. mentally, it’s not at all what I was expecting. I am tired. and emotional. Ready to go home but worried for when I get there. I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.
The last of the month of the race has been strange.. mentally, it’s not at all what I was expecting. I am tired. and emotional. Ready to go home but worried for when I get there. I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.
But I also know that once I’m back home and all settled in I’m going to look back and miss these experiences (rules and all), so I’m trying to keep a good attitude and praying that I finish strong. I know that God wants to do amazing things through us while we’re here and I don’t want to sit back and coast through the last month. Pray that we’ll all have the strength to get through the final month and finish strong.
Malaysia is nice, it has a big city feel but no smog or trash (you can get fined in Singapore for spitting your gum on the ground!) We’re working with Ywam in Penang at a homeless shelter that’s open Mon, Wed, and Fri from 9-3. The homeless can come here and get a meal and shower and sleep for a few hours. On Tues and Thursday we go with the other teams to their ministries, either to a hosp to raise money for kids having heart surgery or a handicap facility to help out with various tasks. I love serving food to the homeless and being at the shelter. The staff here invests so much into the people and the center and it’s evident when you walk through the doors. We’re so blessed to be able to be a part of it.
There are 7 of us girls living above the homeless shelter and we have a lot of fun living here. We run around eating chocolate chip cookie dough out of mugs, pass around good books, watch episodes of Cold Case, name mice that run around our room, kill cockroaches, and do workout videos (we don’t want to bring home the extra weight we’ve added, although I guess cookie dough doesn’t help). I’m going to miss this and I guess abiding by a few more rules for a few more weeks is worth all the memories and help that we’re able to provide while we’re here. Our memories will last a lifetime, both for us and the people we’ve been so blessed to meet.
