Month 10. 2 months left. 2 countries left.
How to describe how I feel…
I really can’t believe this is almost over. For the past year and 4 months I’ve been planning for the race, preparing for the race and then I was finally ON the race. For the past 9 months, I’ve been trying to pour everything I have into my teams, our contacts, our ministries, friends we’ve met along the way, and of course, my relationship with Jesus.
Coming onto the race, I expected to be challenged by nearly everything we did. I’d never been on a mission trip before, never traveled abroad besides for vacations and didn’t even really know what it meant to have a relationship with Christ. As I should have expected, He provided everything I’d needed and then some.
With 2 months and 2 countries left, I’m left wondering what else I want out of this. One thing I’ve learned about myself on the race is that I move past challenges fairly easily. I know the Lord has done amazing things through me this year and I know that He doesn’t run out of anything for us…so I’m left with the question of what else I want to go for this year. Tracy had a great point for me the other day- Take some time to reflect how far He’s brought me this year, what He’s taught me, etc., and then use this as a starting point for moving forward instead of being content where I am and allowing myself to coast. What that looks like I have no idea, but I would love prayers for Him to reveal it to me. I know that I want to dive into more intimate time with Him, so I’ve already been starting into that which has created more of a desire for it already. I’m praying for new revelations, more dependence on Him and for a deeper relationship with Him.
Sidenote: Praying for the victims of the latest earthquake in Japan.
Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support. They mean the world to me <3 When midnight strikes tonight, I will be home in officially 2 Months!!!! I cannot WAIT to see all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 Love you!
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some pics vietnam :)..
we ventured out to see where some of the underground tunnels from the vietnam war
enjoying tea with some of our new friends
this was during one of our reststops on our 48 hour busride across vietnam – we jumped out and ran along the beach and in the water before hopping on the bus. it made the next couple hours a little more wet than anticipated but it was so worth it 🙂
one of our new friends we made randomly at a restaurant in thanh hoa taking us to see one of the temples..love her 🙂
heading out of our hotel and into the unknown village of Dong Tau
visiting a school we were able to speak at…later in the evening we came back for basketball, card games, frisbee and to get to know the girlss. they were so sweet and welcoming! 🙂
i ended up running into this sweet woman beside me while we were finishing up our time in hanoi, vietnam. i dont know what it was about her, but i’m pretty sure i’ll never forget her <3
completing my goal of hugging a policeman during our free hug campaign thanh hoa 🙂
handing out flowers on the street one night …man, this was great 🙂
some of our new friends in Dong Tau
the sink at our hotel for the night haha high clllaass!
ok, gotta go! love ya!
