September 13, 2010
Today I will board 4 different planes that will take me from Albany, New York to Manila, Philippines. I am saying good bye to family, friends, comfort, personal space, familiarity and embracing this incredible journey around the world with people I don’t know that well yet.
Look among the nations and see, wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
Habakkuk 1:5
A work…
REDEEMED
Building friendships with my English students in Cambodia and watching their eyes light up with joy as they carry a conversation with “a real American!”
Watching unknown prejudices surface and be destroyed with love while serving the homeless in Malaysia.
Realizing I have more in common with woman who work the bars that I ever could have imagined.
Despite the genocide, seeing the hope that is pulsing through Rwanda with this generation.
Reaching the end of my ability to love and stepping into God’s endless ability and discovering the joy in children who live on the streets.
Seeing God perform miracles on the streets of Tanzania.
Learning from children at the orphanage in Nepal what living in community really looks like.
Seeing God do so many miracles and work in so many ways in India I am left completely speechless and humbled.
Jumping on a trampoline with an 11 year old Romanian girl while she told me about last night’s Hannah Montana episode and the new Justin Bieber poster she just hung in her room. You would hardly be able to guess her story that brought her to the children’s home.
Doing a complete “Ask the Lord” month in Ukraine and watching God provide housing, transportation and countless ministry opportunities.
September 13, 2011
Today I’m looking at the pictures around my office in awe of the journey I have taken. I get a text message from a teammate and smile, knowing that even though we aren’t living together anymore we aRe still connected. My calendar is quickly filling up with youth ministry events and tonight I’m having dinner with new friends, and I smile knowing this next season of life is going to be absolutely incredible.
Team United at training camp. July 2010.
Team United at final debrief. July 2011.
