Adventure is out There

Journey....it is a word that implies movement, action, adventure. It is a word that is in the subtitle of this blog for a reason. Following in Christ's footsteps is not a simple trip but a journey. It allures to something new, to growth. It was a word that I had forgotten.

I am coming up on 6 months of living and serving in India. To say the least it has been the craziest, hardest, most fun adventure I could ever imagine. But over the past couple of months I had become so bogged down with living life in rural India and with caring for 108 children with less then idea numbers of staff that I forgot that I was on an adventure. When I finally remembered to stop looking at my feet when I walked and instead starting watching the events going on around me I remembered how much I love India; the sights, the smells, the people. When I finally remembered to stop and enjoy the dance party with my big sisters I realize how deeply I have fallen in love with my children. When I finally remembered that I didn't come work here to be comfortable I packed up my things, said a really hard goodbye to my kids and followed God's leading to the big city.

This past week at my home church was missions week. It is one week out of the year where missionaries from around the world come and speak. Growing up it was one of my most favourite weeks out of the year. But this year I finally really appreciated the missionaries who came, and I wasn't even there. Denying yourself and following Christ on an adventure can be total mind blowing awesomeness and it can be devastatingly discouraging. There are days when you say, "I am living in India!!" and days when you say "Why can't India be like America?" And I have come to realize that that's ok. But when I get stuck there looking at me and what I want, I loose the excitement of an adventure with Christ. I stop moving. I stop journeying. I stop growing.

 

"Daughter, there is still more to this adventure. I have more of this story to write but you have to look up. Look outward from yourself. Find me in the day to day. Love where you are and what you are doing because in doing it you are loving me."

This field was ploughed by ox one day and planted by hand the next. Welcome to rural India!

 

 

 

 

~Pray for me and my friend as we travel to Thailand this week. Pray for safety and that we will come back to the kids refreshed and renewed.

~Pray for my parents as they travel to and in India for two weeks. Pray for health, safety and peace :-)

~Pray that God would bring good Godly nurses to SCH

~Pray for our new children who are very weak. Pray for their health and protection.

~Pray for wisdom for me as I decide to relocate to Hyderabad when I come back from Thailand to care for critically ill children in our new home.