Ok, so I have to be honest and admit that I have had moments
where I ask myself “What in the world were we thinking coming here?” Last
night, as I lay in bed exhausted from a week of interacting with people I don’t
know, from a week of being barely able to communicate with the majority of the
people around me because we don’t speak the same language, from a week of
having no idea how to get from place to place, from a week of being hot, from a
week of being “alone” (Andrew started orientation at the school this past
Monday) with my children in a different country for the first time, I started
to think of all we have left behind. I
miss my family, I miss our church that is our family, I miss our friends, I miss being able to hop
in the car and go where I want to without even thinking about it, I miss being
in a place where I know people and people know me, I miss feeling confident and
comfortable. I take comfort, though in a
passage that Joel Huyser, our CRWM “boss” preached on and encouraged us to read
this past Sunday, 1 Peter 1:
“(1)This is a letter
from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the
provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. (2) God the
Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy…. (6)
So be truly glad. There is joy ahead,
even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. (7) These trials will show that your faith is
genuine. It is being tested as fire
tests and purifies gold—though your faith is more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through
many trials. It will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when
Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.”
PS—I wanted to be sure to add that there are wonderful
things happening in our lives here too—I’m sure Andrew will tell you all about
themJ.
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