It was our last night of fellowship last night and the
students planned a party for us. There was pizza, popcorn, cashew chicken,
mango sticky rice, French fries, soda, and fried fish skin; the whole shebang.
The cool thing was, they paid for it all. They surprised us
with all the food and all the students came to tell us goodbye.
We all made our goodbye speeches, and they made theirs too.
These aren’t all of the students, but some of the ones we got close with.
Since I have had wifi this month, I got to look on Facebook a
lot to see what was happening in friends/acquaintances lives since I’ve been
gone. I realized so many of them are engaged, going to tailgates and football
games, at college living with best friends, and doing other things I love so much.
And I began to wonder why it wasn’t me. Why I wasn’t engaged
yet, when God was going to bring that into my life. Again, trying to plan
things out, questioning God’s plan for me.
Then I was reminded by my teammate Shelley, “Aubree, this is
what God has for you right now. That is what God has for them.�
She is so right, so dead on.
And you know what? I wouldn’t trade this life I am living
right now for marriage. I wouldn’t trade it for the football games, tailgates,
the fall season, or anything else in the States.
I wouldn’t trade sharing the gospel to Hindu’s in India. I
wouldn’t trade teaching people about the Holy Spirit and how to listen to his
voice. I wouldn’t trade hiking the Himalayas in Nepal. I wouldn’t trade the
opportunities I’ve had in Thailand to share the gospel with the university
students. I wouldn’t trade leading May to Jesus.
Me and Atcha, pronounced Asha.
It’s not worth it. This journey, this adventure is what God
wants me on and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. He is teaching me so much more than I could ever learn if I were
home living the same life I always planned.
So each time I start to give into the lie that I should be
engaged right now, I should be home with my best friend living the last year of single-hood with her, or I should be starting my career, I will choose Jesus. I
will choose his plan, his perfect timing, and this life he chose for me.
**Update: I finally got iTunes, made an Apple ID and bought my very own music. The music includes: The Band Perry, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, and Nickle Creek. The collection isn’t finished, but it has begun. **
