I have been having personal time in a way I never thought I could. In a way I don’t want to have time alone. Time to be by myself and giving up the things I have wanted to do…
It is my last week here in Vietnam and I am spending my time sitting in my hotel room…trying to sleep. Unable to read, write or fully see!.
Somewhere within the last few days, I have developed an eye infection in my left eye. I am in pain from head to toe. My eye is big, red and full of puss. I’m not me. I am confused as to the why now and when is it going to get better?
I saw a Dr. I got medication from the pharmacist next door to the hotel – which is a blessing in itself as her husband speaks English. What a beautiful family…and to be able to meet them was exactly what we needed to do. This is where we are to be.
I want to be out handing out with the people that I have grown to love this past month. I don’t want to be in bed. I don’t want to feel alone and hurting and tired. I do know, though, that I have been able to listen to Podcasts that I have been trying to listen to the last month or two…so to be able to have the time to do that, I consider it pure joy!
How fitting that what I am listening to is all about trials…so needed right now! Rejoicing through suffering and trials. So, here I am, rejoicing that I get time to rest and spend some much needed quiet time with my Daddy!
This month has been filled with joy and sorrows, blessings and curses, and so much more.
I can’t begin to express what is on my heart…only a few days left until we board a bus to cross two borders in two days to meet up with the rest of the Squad for Debrief. I can’t wait to see everyone, yet there is still so much here in HCMC that I would love to be a part of! Doors have been opened. Eyes have seen. Ears have heard.
I was told that Vietnam is a closed Country with open hearts and Thailand is a Open country with closed hearts. I can say there is truth in this statement about Vietnam…and I will soon find out how true it is with Thailand. A new country. A new experience. A new month. All just a few short days away.
Thanks for being there even though I haven’t been around much! There’s so much more to come…
