It’s the 24th, and I’m working on arranging the last few details to get everyone transported to Siem Reap, Cambodia for next month’s ministry. Where has the month gone?? It’s been an incredible one, to say the least.
As we come up on 3 months on the road, folks seem to be settling into a new, different form of comfort and thought process. Conversations that start with something simple, like “I wonder what’s for lunch?” progress to “What is the meaning of life?” in about 2.3 minutes. Living out of a backpack is becoming less like a special occasion, and more like regular life. It’s becoming normal to wake up each day knowing that today is a new opportunity to meet new people and share Jesus with someone new.
As we sit back and look at all that has changed in 3 months, and then realize that there’s 8 more months to go, we stop and think. At least I know I do.
I think back to why I originally decided to come on the race.
I think about what is the best way to most fully engage in this time that seems to be flying away.
I realize that even though I believed I would “come back changed”, deep down there are many areas where I really planned on just picking up where I left off when I got back, because that’s what I wanted. And I’m realizing that really isn’t what I want after all.
Don’t worry ya’all, I’m not going insane. Yes I’m on a crazy adventure where the Lord’s teaching me so many things in so many different ways. Yes I’m being forced to be considerate, caring, and not a jerk to people around me who have lots of these things they call “feelings”. Yes I’m starting to have some feelings myself, and I’m writing blogs and journaling and all that weird stuff.
But rest assured folks, I’m still Jonathan Sander, homeschooler turned engineer 🙂
Once again – I’m not the greatest at transcribing thoughts, while sitting in a sketchy internet cafe – this time next to a highway in a room where someone’s playing COD (or something?) on their computer with the speakers turned up to the max. So, sorry if this is a tough read 😛
