so when i arrived at the awakening in dublin i expected to learn some things, but not anything close to what i came away with. to catch you up i was meeting up with my sister rachael from the January squad who i hadn’t seen in 8 months. so, needless to say i was more than a little excited. I love her pretty much more than everyone else. she’s the greatest! our epic movie-esque reunion (i’m told) made strangers cry…and i’m pretty sure that we ran in slow motion. but anyway, about a day after we got there rachael came down with a pretty wicked case of malaria. so i spent the whole conference in the back of taxis between the hospital and our camp ground. But i had more than enough time to freak the heck out. It is difficult when your favorite person in the world is in the hospital with some random african disease and you are 20 minutes away in a tent waiting for visiting hours the next morning (the irish are VERY strict with their visiting hours). all the time you should be sleeping you just spend worrying and praying (and perhaps weeping uncontrollably) until finally the lord is gracious enough to reach down and smack you upside the head. this is more or less what he said to me that (frigid) night in my tent…
hey kim, do you know how much you love your sister? well i love her even more. I love her even more than you can imagine. Do you know how much you want to take care of her? yeah, me too. i did make her you know. do you remember when i said that i would work all things together for the good of those who love me? does your sister love me? well calm down then. I’m the biggest, strongest, most loving, wise, and wonderful thing there is and i am taking care of your sister. and to be honest, i’m doing a better job than you could anyway. so breathe… relax. i’ve got this. oh, and by the way. fun fact: i love you just as much.
cue my head exploding… wow.
