I heard it again for the first time in over a year. When I lived in Bath and decided to remain for a year after high school, I remembered a particular emotion I had when the last of my dearest friends left for college. To translate the emotion into a sensible analogy, I can only compare it with the subtle sound of a cricket chirping outside beyond closed windows. The emotion came back today as I sat with my Mum and Greg at dinner and afterward. It occurred to me that I am entering a new season of life, but one incomprehensibly similar to the season I spent as a young leader at Bath Baptist. Many of my friends are gone. I don’t have an understanding of the work routine I’ll take up for the next several weeks. The clock is ticking on my time to move out of the dorms. It’s an odd time for me.
On another note, I had a fun time with my Mum and Greg.
Thanks for coming to visit me! I love you.
I plan to make it clear this summer how the quantity of my blogging is indicative of my amount of free time. I will probably end up editing the colors and reorganizing it more than once. Don’t let me forget to write. I want to be writing every day, if not only for fun then for the exercise of it too. India will obviously take away a huge chunk of any creative writing I may have planned, but I also intend to write (the old-fashioned way!) throughout my ministry there, as I have done on my previous trips.
Please pray for me. This will be an odd time. I have plenty of work to keep me busy during the days, and more lined up to start in a week or two, but it will not be an easy adjustment by any means. I will need Jesus now as always, and I can’t lose sight of His kingdom. I’m walking into this summer somewhat spiritually blind, not aware of any specific ministry the He’s laid before me, only willing to serve in whatever way I find. I also need prayers to keep my personal life—thoughts, relationships, actions, etc.—on track and in line with the Scriptures. For the first week or two I won’t have as much accountability as I’ve been privileged to have during the academic year, and I’ll need every bit of strength God can give me.
Off to continue packing and maybe watch an old Japanese flick across campus.
On another note, I had a fun time with my Mum and Greg.
Thanks for coming to visit me! I love you.
I plan to make it clear this summer how the quantity of my blogging is indicative of my amount of free time. I will probably end up editing the colors and reorganizing it more than once. Don’t let me forget to write. I want to be writing every day, if not only for fun then for the exercise of it too. India will obviously take away a huge chunk of any creative writing I may have planned, but I also intend to write (the old-fashioned way!) throughout my ministry there, as I have done on my previous trips.
Please pray for me. This will be an odd time. I have plenty of work to keep me busy during the days, and more lined up to start in a week or two, but it will not be an easy adjustment by any means. I will need Jesus now as always, and I can’t lose sight of His kingdom. I’m walking into this summer somewhat spiritually blind, not aware of any specific ministry the He’s laid before me, only willing to serve in whatever way I find. I also need prayers to keep my personal life—thoughts, relationships, actions, etc.—on track and in line with the Scriptures. For the first week or two I won’t have as much accountability as I’ve been privileged to have during the academic year, and I’ll need every bit of strength God can give me.
Off to continue packing and maybe watch an old Japanese flick across campus.
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