So, the inevitable question is asked once again, “What is next?”
I REALLY miss being a senior in high school, my answer was always provided for me: “I am going to college.” If I knew where at the time, great, if not – college anywhere was a sufficient answer. Then, there was senior year in college, when asked “what’s next?” I could go two ways: more college! or finding a job, and either worked well.
But now, when asked, sometimes I wonder if people are less than impressed by my answer, if they think I can and should be doing more, using my education, and living a ‘normal’ life.
I had a chat with a friends the other day and I am pretty sure we will never know ‘normal;’ living in community for the past 20ish months creates a different normal, traveling to more than 11 countries in that time creates a new normal, being away from my family and the only home I have ever known creates a new normal.
What I once thought was ‘normal,’ graduating high school, graduating college, an 8-5 job, an apartment, a dog, and maybe someday a family – has all changed. An 11 month journey changed my life. A 6 month internship made it impossible for me to ever ‘go back.’ So, what is next?
My journey is not over, I am not at the beginning, nor close to the end, I am not sure where I am in my journey, but it continues. First, I will head back to Texas for a little while, then I will take a month-long vision trip to Cambodia where Adventures in Missions has recently opened a guesthouse in Siem Reap. I am excited to have the awesome opportunity to go there to see what living life there is like and what options I have in serving in and around the guesthouse. I am very excited to check this out and see what opportunities are available for me to serve the Kingdom in this place. I have heard great news about the guesthouse and how God has started to work in the area, and I can’t wait to be apart of it.
Some may say I watch too much Gilmore Girls and want to be Lorelai opening her own inn with Sookie (hint: I just made it to season 4 and they are moving forward with the Dragonfly Inn,) some may say I am trying to escape from things, others have their opinions too, but I am following God into my new normal, and everything points to Cambodia. I will (kinda) be using my degree – finally!!, I get to travel more, and I get to serve and live in a different culture.
I am looking for partners to continue on this amazing journey with me. I need people to pray with me and for me, and I am also looking for financial partners. I need $3000 for my vision trip to Cambodia and when I return I will do some training back in Georgia and begin raising money for my commitment to the guesthouse…so look forward to more details!!! I hope that you prayerfully consider partnering with me!
