As I write this blog post (to post later when I can connect
to the internet) I am in the over-night bus from Phuket to Bangkok. I should really be trying to sleep a
bit but I figured that it was still early and I would take advantage of the
quiet (they finally turned off the loud action movie) and the fact that I can’t
find something else to help me procrastinate. I’m in the bus for the next 11 ½ hours so here we are!
The time has come to move on from Thailand to India! We are almost at the half-way point of
the trip. Now that the time has
come it is amazing how quickly the month in Thailand has passed. To be honest this has been the most
difficult few weeks in a variety of ways and if you had asked me a week ago I
would have said that it was dragging and I was struggling. But now it seems to have passed by pretty
quickly!! I’m still ready to move
onto India though-excited for some vibrant chaos…and some yummy naan! I’m excited to see what ministry we
will be with, though a tad nervous too!
To procrastinate a bit I was looking at my pictures from
this month. I really didn’t take a ton but the ones I did take are of special
people and moments or to show the beauty of God’s creation here in Phuket. As I was rotating them and sorting
them, I came across one of my new
friend that I met when we were out doing bar minstry. (I wish that I could share her name with you all but I
can’t) It is a picture of her
playing Connect Four, and let me tell you, she is a champ at Connect Four! She beat me almost every time! Of course, I had to make her picture my
desktop background so that I could be reminded to pray for her every time I
work on my computer. I also know
that when I sit down to play Connect Four with my niece and nephew or the
Graves’ kiddos I will think of my friend and wonder about her. I will probably think of many different
women and the numerous games of Connect Four that I played over this last month
and the conversations that we had. I know that God brought me to Phuket for just a month–that
was the timeframe. I know that He
invited me to be a part of what He is doing there for one month. I know that I can trust Him to continue
pursuing my friend and the other precious women and men. I know that He will continue to send
people to love them and reach out to them in the love and compassion of
Jesus. I just wish that I could be
a fly on the wall to see it all but in the end it is about trusting Him, His
Sovereignty, His Wisdom and His Plan.
He sees the BIG picture.
