We have been in Thailand for a couple weeks now and I am absolutely in love with it. My team and I are living at an orphanage; doing manual labor, and spending time with the children everyday. It’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever been apart of, but I must be honest with you. I am struggling, as my sickness of the last two months is seeming to worsen. I am missing out on a decent amount of our ministry because I am so fatigued and am constantly uncomfortable. I’ve been to three different doctors, tried all sorts of different medicines, gone gluten free/as paleo as possible, and nothing is changing how I feel. They have said I have a torn stomach lining/ really bad irritable bowel syndrome, which seems next to impossible for me to treat correctly while on the world race, and as of recently I have a hemorrhoid(haha!). On Monday, New Year’s Eve, I am meeting with someone in Chiang Mai about getting a colonoscopy. I don’t feel good, but ultimately I know this is where God wants me to be, and by waiting on him and trusting in him, he will sustain me. I don’t say any of this for pity, and I am aware that many are struggling from much worse, but I just want to let you in on my struggle so you may pray accordingly, and I want to encourage you (as I encourage my self in my weakness); that circumstances don’t define joy. To know Jesus is to want Him more than life. Thank you to all who are praying.
Romans 5:1-5
Isiah 40:31
Love always,
B
