This was one of the most incredible months of my life. It wasn’t because I had a motorized trike that Brittany and I rode around in and it wasn’t because the food was amazing everyday (thank you MSG). It was because I really couldn’t talk to anyone. I lived in a little apartment with 6 babies, a little blind boy, 3 chinese ladies, and my amazing friend Brittany who was on a vow of silence for the month.
Everything I did was so hard and uncomfortable and completely FOREIGN. I have never felt so foreign in my life. I looked at the signs and writing around me and could not understand a word. I couldn’t read, write or speak. I’m a very social person and pretty good at learning languages…until China and Mandarin came along. I love deep conversations, asking people questions, sharing God’s love and truth with people who don’t know, having people pray for me, and none of that was possible where I was living. So I had to go on an adventure….
God created us to give Him glory… and this month I had to find other ways to do so.
My whole life I have relied on my ability to speak and communicate and bring energy and excitement to people. This month, I had to rely on God. I would sit and hold the babies and sing to them for hours and feed them + pray for them
I would try to tell the chinese women we would be home for dinner and it would take me 45minutes, but we laughed the entire time. I learned how to love Brittany. I allowed silence. I listened. I learned patience. I prayed a lot. At times, I couldn’t talk to anyone and I didn’t need to. I just needed to listen and learn and love. I needed to experience being a foreigner so I could let God lead. I learned how to give God glory in different ways. It was hard but I love God and trust Him more because of it.
More to come on our life the month of March…but I didn’t want to overwhelm you with a bunch of blogs!!!
P.S. We are safe in Bangkok, Thailand. More to come on that!!!
