As I’m sure many of you have noticed, a month has come and gone since I left the states and as far as the social media world is concerned, I’ve had little to show for it. As the month passed and experiences piled up, I’ve been overwhelmed with the task of conveying all of my thoughts into well-written, accurate words. You see, as much as I want to perfectly portray everything that happened this month so that you can all experience it with me, the emotions are too deep, too real, to be put into mere words. I can’t explain the fear of leaving home and everything that I know, I can’t explain the helplessness in the eyes of the residents I served and fell in love with this month, I can’t explain the spiritual warfare that my team and I battled in, or the way the Lord taught me to communicate with people who don’t speak my language. I can’t explain the brokenness that the Lord used to refine my heart, or the empowerment that came when the Lord gave strength in my weakness.
While I’m struggling to pan out a lot of these experiences, there are a few things I do know; this month love was brought, lives were changed, and the Lord was glorified.
As month 1 is wrapped up, please give me grace as I try to figure out this whole pouring my heart out on the Internet thing- I promise I’ll get there someday. Also, please keep my squad in your prayers today as we take off for all squad month in Swaziland!
