My last two blogs were about not feeling totally "there" in the Philippines — that seeing updates from everyone back home was making me think a ton about what going home would look like and making me excited to reconnect with everyone. Sometimes it feels like I'm in a world of my own out here, and that life back home is on pause, waiting for me to come back to start back up. I know this isn't true but having internet last month made it all the more real. It's not a bad thing at all, I love being able to catch up with my brother or celebrate with one of my newly-engaged friends or to be able to BING things that I don't know. It's awesome, and it's helped me be able to use the internet for good and to be productive instead of waste away hours of my life on it like I would before I lived life without it.
I absolutely loved the Philippines and I can't wait to tell you guys more about some of the stories I have from there. Please don't hear me wrong in that, I was actually more present there than I might be giving off, but when our days would come to an end I found myself struggling with feeling homesick. One thing that really helped me was the mindset of numbering my days. In Psalm 90, it says "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Each morning I would figure out which day on the Race I was on, and try to write down a few things that happened in order to live remembering that I only had one day 134 or one day 147. It helped a lot, and now I want to continue that with the way I blog this month in India.
We have internet again this month and I'm excited to give you all a better picture of my day-to-day life out here by giving you story updates on how my days are. I know I've already gotten a few days behind, but our days are jam-packed so I'll do the best I can to intentionally make time to write for you all.
Thanks for all you do!
