Thailand is an amazing country, and there seems to have been beauty everywhere I went this month. I found that beauty especially in Thailand’s fierce thunderstorms, in Eileen’s laughter, in Sadeck’s meow, and in the joyful song of the Thai Christians who have such an energy about them when they worship! All the photos from this month are at these links: When did we stop? Traveling with a large group makes it quite easy to meet other world travelers, and my teammate Jenn, being the extravert that she is, has never met a stranger (if anyone reading this knows my sister Michaela, that about sums Jenn up). The friends we’ve already made along the way, and the ones I know are to come, bring lessons they’ve learned from every edge of the earth and it is a thrill to grow from these interactions! Just recently we met a group of Danish students that were studying children and their reaction to games. There happened to be an artist among them, and after going through his sketches, someone asked him how he got into drawing, and without answering he began to tell us a story. He told us of how he once met an artist on the street and asked the same question, but the man’s reply was, “When did everyone else stop drawing?” Days later I still had this conversation rolling around in my head. Many times people have asked me that same question and my reply has always been – “I just always have.” But the truth is everyone can draw, maybe not well, maybe not often, but everyone can. It’s the same with sharing our faith, shining our light as Christians, sharing love; Jesus’ love, everyone can do it, maybe not well, maybe not often, but everyone can. In a book I’m reading by Madeleine L’Engle, the author of A Wrinkle in Time, she talks about how “we are afraid of that which we cannot control; so we continue to draw in the boundaries around us, to limit ourselves to what we can know and understand…To be an artist means to approach the light, and that means to let go our control, to allow our whole selves to be placed with absolute faith in that which is greater than we are.” I know that Christ is so much greater than me and in order to be able to do the impossible he’ll have to be the one in control of every step we make on this journey. So be praying for our team, Beloved One, as we embrace the impossible in Cambodia this next month and as we remember to share the love of Jesus daily, because we can. “In trying to share what I believe, I am helped to discover what I do, in fact, believe, which is often more than I realize.” (Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water)
