Month five went by so quickly. Were already back in Thailand! My team and I spent the past month in Myanmar teaching English at a missions college. If you read my previous blog, you know Myanmar looked pretty different. This past month was a lot of up and downs. Some days were so, so good and other days were exhausting and I wanted nothing more than to leave Myanmar. But the Lord was so evident through it all.
All month he was reminding me of his promises. He kept speaking the word promises over me this past month. He reminded me all month long that his promises still stand. Thank you Jesus for that. He promises me peace, in all circumstances. Abundant joy in the Lord. Never ending grace. He promises to be the same God he always has been and always will be. And the best of all, eternity with my father. The God that promised Abraham a son when it seemed impossible is the same God that promises me all these things. But something he doesn’t promise me is a life of luxury. He doesn’t promise me earthly things that I’ve come to feel entitled to. All that he asks of me is that each and everyday I pick up my cross and follow him, and he will fulfil his promises.
He also spoke the word overflow over me all month. He was telling me what it looks like to live out of a place of overflow. I should be so deeply rooted in him that everything I do and anytime I speak its purely just an overflow of Jesus. If i’m truly living out of this place I don’t have to worry about whether or not my words and actions are reflecting christ, because he’s the one doing it. That can look a lot of different ways. But its really just letting the lord be the one who fills you up, and walking and living out of a place of intimacy with the lord.
Myanmar wasn’t the easiest for me and I was honestly excited to leave most of the time. But on our last night there, I was looking out at all the students and kids and the lord said to me, “Hannah, this is Myanmar”. Myanmar isn’t the weather, the living conditions, the school, or even the culture, its his children. Its all the sons and daughters living at that place. Its little renaldo monkey who brings his pet snake and mouse to class. Its our student Samuel who learned and so bravely shared his testimony in english for the first time ever. Its our sweet friend Messi who loves the lord so much and is sharing that with Myanmar by becoming a translator. And so, so much more. But that last night, the lord changed my heart for Myanmar. The people there carry such joy and its something ill always remember. The way they chose joy everyday was inspiring. Ill always cherish the time I had in Myanmar and i’m forever thankful that the lord brings us through different seasons and teaches us so much.
