This month my team and I have had a lot of opportunities to sit around the table at meal times and talk. We have talked about things from past relationships to the Holy Spirit and everything in between. I am so thankful for the opportunity to get to know my team better. During our conversations we usually have tea. Tea time is a time where we can sit back, relax, talk, and sip tea. It is something I really never did before this month and maybe it’s more of a European thing but it’s a good way to be still for a while and spend time with the people I care about.
This month my team and I have been working very hard with very full days. We have made quite a transformation on the property we have been working on. The progress we have made is evident and the property is closer to reaching its desired goal as a retreat center. After a long day of work it is very enjoyable to spend time together as a team relaxing over a cup of tea.
While I have enjoyed every aspect of this month in Bulgaria I have also been thinking quite a bit about home. At home the weather is warming up and people are beginning to do more outdoor activities. My family has told me how they have started making summer plans and my dad and brothers are spending time golfing. I have worked at a golf course every summer for the past 3 years and I really am going to miss it this summer. The “tee times” I have been used to are a little different than the “tea times” I have become accustomed to this month. I am a little sad I won’t be spending my days on the golf course this summer but what is making me the saddest is the fact that I will be missing my dear friend and beautiful cousin’s wedding next month. It is just one of those things that tugs on my heart and makes me wish that I was there to take part in all of the celebrations.
Aside from having times of homesickness there have been many good things that have been happening. My team and I attended a worship retreat this past weekend and spent 3 days worshiping and loving on the Lord. I had a lot of time to think, read, and reflect. I felt more clarity on my decision to go on to graduate school next fall and I received a prophecy about writing a book. When the man who prophesied about me writing a book came up to me I smiled immediately. I was thinking “How cool!! Writing a book has been on my heart for 3 months.” God works in awesome ways and His plans for me are so big that it makes me get excited.
I had this really cool picture of God’s plan for my future and how amazing it is, more amazing than I could ever imagine for myself. I will not be able to fully grasp it until I am actually walking in it. While God has this incredible plan for me I still have a choice to go my own direction and choose not to follow in the direction He wants me to go. If I do choose to go my own way I could still have an enjoyable life, I could still find happiness in the direction I have chosen, but it will not even begin to compare with what could have been if I had followed God.
So a little summary of this scattered blog…. I like drinking tea, Bulgaria is awesome, I am sad I’m missing golf season and my cousin’s wedding, I’m going to write a book, and I want to follow the path God has for me.
