I’ve been living in Romania for a few weeks now and I’ve
realized that it is quite different from India and Nepal.
In India and Nepal I was getting used to:
-Bucket showers with only cold water
-Washing clothes in a bucket
-Drinking only boiled water
-Simple housing
-Sleeping under mosquito nets
-Rice
-Vegetable and fruit markets
-Electricity only a few hours of the day
-Bicycles being the main mode of transportation
Romania has been great but now we are getting used to:
-Being able to drink tap water!
-Hot showers with a shower head
-Taking taxis and buses everywhere
-Huge supermarkets
-A wide variety of food choices
-My own bed
-A living room with comfortable couches
-Washing machine
However, there are some similarities:
-Stray dogs everywhere
-Chickens
-Beautiful sunsets
-People staring at us (our bright coloured clothing gives us
away in Romania)
-Random animals outside our window
It was a culture shock when I came to Romania. I didn’t like it. I wanted to go back to simplicity and the
bare necessities. Although I was happy
to drink as much water as I wanted from the tap, I felt this huge feeling of guilt.
How could I live in a place like this while others are
living in poverty around the world and just down the street from our nice home
here in Romania? How could I enjoy
anything materialistic when others have so little?
guilt. Guilt. GUILT!
I have to continuously tell myself that GUILT IS NOT FROM
GOD.
We will feel conviction from God. However, God has convicted me to not feel
guilty.
God has provided us with many blessings this month and
rather than feeling guilty, I need to be thankful to God for all He has given
us. Feeling guilty distracts. It takes my mind off our purpose here and how
we can use these blessings for His plans!
Thank you God for these blessings! I do still miss life in Nepal but I am really
seeing God’s divine plan here in Romania!!
