As many of you may have heard, I am going to be moving to Capetown, South Africa to work alongside Tim and Leslie Black. I am thrilled to have this opportunity, and am looking forward to getting there with much anticipation.
I have been growing and learning many new things in this season of preparation - both about God and about myself. It seems as though the theme of all of my lessons has been that I am nothing, yet somehow Christ gives me everything. It has been a year of frustration and joy, of failure and success, and of unexpected and dramatic change. Through it all, God has given me blessings too numerous to count. He has given me a joy that is deeper than any happiness I've ever felt pressured to fake and has restored peace in the most tumultuous parts of my soul.
Even still, I know I'm not ready. I cannot do this alone. While I hate accepting that my best version of myself is still not enough, I rejoice that I don't have to bear that burden. :) I have no idea what the next year holds in store for me, but it is my deepest prayer that a year from now I will be able to look back on the view of God that I hold right now and laugh at my immature misconceptions. I hope that I never lose the wonder, and that in this next year I am able to see God's work of redemption and reconciliation in a powerful way.
I have been growing and learning many new things in this season of preparation - both about God and about myself. It seems as though the theme of all of my lessons has been that I am nothing, yet somehow Christ gives me everything. It has been a year of frustration and joy, of failure and success, and of unexpected and dramatic change. Through it all, God has given me blessings too numerous to count. He has given me a joy that is deeper than any happiness I've ever felt pressured to fake and has restored peace in the most tumultuous parts of my soul.
Even still, I know I'm not ready. I cannot do this alone. While I hate accepting that my best version of myself is still not enough, I rejoice that I don't have to bear that burden. :) I have no idea what the next year holds in store for me, but it is my deepest prayer that a year from now I will be able to look back on the view of God that I hold right now and laugh at my immature misconceptions. I hope that I never lose the wonder, and that in this next year I am able to see God's work of redemption and reconciliation in a powerful way.