Leaving tomorrow night! bags are packed, money is exchanged to British pounds, and said all my 'see you laters' to friends and family these past 2 weeks. Surprisingly, these past 2 weeks was a perfect amount of time for me prepare my heart to leave. These past few days I was feeling down because I
finally started being active in AWANA/GEMI after months and months of praying about it and really started developing strong bonds with amazing people when I'm leaving! BUT, I trust that it was apart of God's plan all along and I am
so excited to come back with more confidence and more love for God to pour on to the group of boys that were given to me in Awana and to everyone around me! Ahh~ I'm excited to learn why God is sending me to London (at this time especially) and how He will use me there, I'm excited to see how much He changes the lives of those who I love that are home, and I'm excited to come back and really experience and see how God provided for my friends and family especially while I'm gone.
I've always hated change, but now I'm so excited for it! (Does this mean I'm growing up? hehe)
My Uncle shared something that C.S. Lewis wrote which was "Gratitude is the key to happiness." He also said, "If you're constantly thankful, God will constantly give you things to be thankful for". It was so easy for me to forget to be thankful for what I had; my family, friends, a church, an education, and so much more. I kept forgetting who gave me all those things. I didn't do anything to deserve any of it and yet God provides me with so much!
Anyway, just wanted to share how seriously awesome God is and how blessed and thankful I am for this opportunity to go study abroad! I know I complained a lot because I wasn't able to go when
I wanted too while Gary was there or because of how financially I wasn't prepared, but God really just provided
everything! SO no more complaining from me...
Pictures to end this rushed post before I leaving for London haha
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| Thankful for wonderful friends/roomies and encouraging convos! (I wish I had 1 picture with everyone I love in it) ^ Thankful for Euni's amazing picnic sandwiches!! :) |
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Thankful for this relationship and how much I grow from it! Looking forward to how God uses us together. (Gary's early birthday celebration/Gabby's last dinner together before senior year :'))
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| Thankful for my #1 group of supporters! :') |
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| I'm sure this is how he felt before meeting my family for the first time loll (#11 <3) |
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| I love them all so much (though I complain) & so thankful for them (even thankful >< for the balloons the kids stole from the birthday party in the next room bc it made this picture a little bit more festive hahaha) |
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| Thankful for my koinonia! Looking forward to coming back to see how much more they'll SHINE and GLOW :') | | |
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| soso thankful I got to see you guys before I left + looking forward to serving in Awana & Gem I with you two :') |
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| Go map suhm nee dae Rachael Teacher! :') I look forward to filling this journal uppppppp! |
To be continued..:)
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