Here’s a lame attempt at a glimpse of 2011.
Basically, it was one hell of a year.
It has
been psychotic and brilliant.
It has
been the best and hardest year of my life.
It has
made me laugh until I cry and cry so hard that I can’t help but laugh.
I have
seen an angel and I have seen people who are posessed by demons.
I have
rode planes, bikes, taxis, tuk tuks, cars, tractors, double decker buses,
motorbikes, back of trucks, trailers, on top of buses, and any other form of
transport possible.
I have
loved and hated.
I have
missed my family and made a new one.
I have
eaten all sorts of rice down to street rat.
I have met
Christ’s advocates all over the world
as well as
people who persecute Christ followers.
I have
spoken the name of Jesus to eager ears
and I have been told to hush and leave
or there will be consequences.
I have
heard many languages and the language of tongues.
I have had
dreams from the Lord and intense lies planted in my head from Satan.
I have
drunk the best coffee and worst water.
I have run
to and from police.
I have
slept in hammocks, tents, rooftops, bunkbeds, storage units, hostels, airports
and airplanes, train stations, trains, hotels, double decker busses, golf
courses, monistaries and under the stars, homeless shelters and anywhere else.
I have
realized that feet are even more beautiful when they are covered in dirt.
I have
accepted my passion to adopt as many as the Lord gives me.
I have
seen one of our street boys with a slash in his throat.
I have
watched Slumdog in India, Lion King in Swazi, and Blood Diamond in Mozambique.
I have
seen people healed by the Lord and people who have been healed by witch
doctors.
I have
learned a few chords on the guitar and learned how to pop popcorn on a
stovetop.
I have
embraced mixing the 4 things in the “pantry” into a
“casserole.”
I have got
an embarassing number of days without showering.
I have
deemed it okay to drink the water even if it is a slight burgundy color.
I have
climbed the Himalayas and choked down curdled milk.
I have
learned to sew and wake up at ungodly hours.
I have
seen termite hills double my height and the third smallest person in the world.
I have
stared at the southern cross and at wild horses running in a field.
I have
only brushed my hair once in five months.
I have got
ink on my body and diamonds in my grilll 😉
I have
hugged on gypsie kids and been told to pay $50 USD for a 5 mile taxi ride.
I have
seen a policeman dismiss jail for all of us for a cool keychain in our car.
I have
seen hundreds of orphans thankful for their one meal of rice for the day.
I have
seen grandmas climbing mountains to go to Church.
I have
been swimming in the most gorgeous watering holes.
I have
been given gifts and asked to preach because I am simply white.
I have
seen prostitutes leave their profession to pursue the Lord.
I have
seen kids eager to hear more stories of the one true God.
I have
whispered bible stories to kids falling asleep under the stars.
I have
seen kids be disowned because of their surrender to Jesus.
I have
gone on a sailboat to get to an untouched beach.
I have
traveled in a van for a month missing a door.
I have
witnessed my dinner being killed in front of me many times.
I
purchased things for 70% less than they would have been in the states.
I have
lived without a washer and dryer and dishwasher for a year.
I have
found peace in seeing my families faces via skype.
I have
screamed worship songs on rolling hills in Europe.
I have
drawn water for drinking and bathing from a well.
I have
bathed, fished out dinner and done my laundry all from one pond.
I have
gone to a random Romanian opera and a South African rugby game.
I have
worked lame office work and witnessed an intense motorbike accident.
I have a
new obsession with sunsets and a strong distaste for alcohol.
I have
been on a brilliant safari and nearly been smashed by elephants.
I have
seen children carrying lollipops and others carrying AK47s.
I have
seen the lame walk and the blind see.
I have had
a rat crawl up my leg and spider in my ear.
I have had
many stomach aches and even more heartaches.
I have a
new appreciation for my family and a perfect picture of how to raise mine.
I have
been knocked to the ground because the presence of the Lord was so intense.
I have
missed births, weddings, birthdays and anniversaries but witnessed so much
more.
I have
found out what living by the Spirit truly means and that it doesn’t fade
away.
I have
gotten used to not texting or being reached for that matter.
I have
become physically sick because the spiritual atmosphere was so dark.
I have
been awoken by dreams from the Lord.
I have
heard testimony after testimony of how graceful our God is.
I have cut
ties from people in my past… and joyfully tied new ones.
I have
eaten more bugs and just about turned vegetarian millions of times.
I have
been given a passion from deep within that can only be from the Lord.
I have
blacked out from the heat and near frostbite from the freeze.
I have
screamed declerations from rooftops and whispered prayers in cellers.
I have
gained maturity in deep things and immaturity in trivial things.
I have
been to five of the seven continents.
I have
learned how to distinguish what type of bug is crawling on me without looking.
I have
been to Qatar. India. Nepal. China. Romania. Moldova. Swaziland. Mozambique.
South Africa. Thailand. Cambodia, Vietnam, Australia and almost Malaysia.
It has
been written on my heart that I have been made for another world.
I have
felt the Lord as close as my skin and as far as the moon.
I went
from 3 sisters to 33.
I have
answered a call.
I have
cooked meals over fire because there is no other option.
I have
contemplated kidnapping but instead walked off brokenhearted.
I have cut
open a fish to find whole bugs cooked with them, and proceeded to eat.
I have
filled up journal after journal and ripped up others.
I have
written a song and memorized so many others.
I have
comprehended that I am merely and breath
a vapor.
a slave to
righteousness.
a flower:
here one day gone the next.
a daughter
of the most high King.
a prime
target for lucifer himself.
a leader.
a
follower.
a sojourn.
an
extremist.
an alien.
Made for
another world.
aannnddd….That’s
just a snapshot.
