Feelings

You will see a few different posts from the past couple days.  I haven't posted in a while, and I want to separate the updates into easier to read sections, so I posted a few things tonight. I guess you can say that I followed the gov't shutdown ;)  Ok, just kidding.  I was just lazy.

I think that the reason that I haven't been posting lately is that I have been going through a little bit of culture shock to say the least.  It's been a rough couple months.  I have had the lack of motivation for...well...about anything. I don't like this feeling, and I am trying to shake it.  It's been better the last few days, and I am not as worried as I was before.

That being said, I don't want to get into my being sad too much.  I am human, and even though I am here as a light to the world, I sometimes feel sadness too.  But even through that sadness, God works.  I had the opportunity to talk with a local who I have gotten to know well, and whose English level is close to a native speaker.  I ended up talking her ear off, but it was comforting for me to have her listen.  She knows me fairly well, and knows American culture, and she listened and responded to my concerns.  Additionally, she was having some concerns of her own, and it was nice to be able to share that with each other, and to share the love of God with each other, and His place in our lives.  It was encouraging to talk with my sister in Christ, and to share burdens with each other.  I realized that God has placed others in our lives to share our burdens, and I found out that he has given me a few friends here who I can rely on to help me when I am in trouble as well.

Though I still need prayers for getting over the hump, Also please pray a prayer of thanksgiving that even half way around the world, I have been able to find sisters to share both joys and struggles with. Please pray for the ladies that I talked with this weekend who have struggles of their own. Please ask God to comfort them in their time of need.