Moving In
I have turned my life upside down time and time again in the last two years. I have learned how not to move in. I have learned how to live without fully unpacking, not really claiming my location as home, keeping the walls free of pictures and decorations (as to not get to attached to one place), always keeping one foot out the door.
This summer while working at Clydehurst Christian Ranch God said to “MOVE IN”, to honestly commit myself to my life at camp. To move in, unpack, hang pictures on the wall, and love the people in front of me without holding back. To fully commit, all the while knowing the summer would end.
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I let it be my home. I fell in love with yet another group of people, and said goodbye again.
To be honest there is a part of me ready to leave camp behind. I had a date with my sweat pants, a movie, the couch, and an empty house. The work was draining and I needed a chance to breath. The other part of me was terrified to move on. I got comfortable. I loved my high school staff and they became my children. I loved the people I got the chance to lead with. My life in the mountains was predictable and felt like it had a purpose. This place became home for 10 seemingly long weeks. I hung pictures on the walls of my little shack. I unpacked, and I loved.
Goodbye this time was harder. This is Round five of packing up and heading down the road. It no longer feels like a grand adventure but simply just what I do. A routine I have down. It’s hard saying goodbye to the people and places I love, just to do it all over again.
Now I have picked up and moved again. I have said my goodbyes and found a new home in Gainesville, Georgia. I’m in a new community with new people.
I have to choose to “move in” again, to love the people in front to me without holding back because I fear the goodbyes, to embrace my life here rather than shying away because it has an end. The direction to “move in” was not a onetime command but a way of life to embrace. It is by the power of Jesus in me that I move into this space, to steward my time here well. I am here to learn as much as I can in this season.
I am so glad I am here. I have already learned so much. I’ve been given opportunities to work on projects that I am passionate about with amazing people and I’ve been so blessed by this community.
I am so grateful to be here at Adventures in Missons,
and thankful for all the people that have been part of my path to get here.
-Nika
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