The best is yet to come...

Today I have officially been home for two weeks. WOW, that's hard to believe. I feel like I've been home for much longer, actually. Adjusting to being back in the States has had it's ups and downs, but for the most part, I thank God for how easy it's been. Everyday I miss Romania, and the children, and all of the friends that Katie and I made, but we are connected through our prayers for each other - I can feel it.

Probably the hardest thing I've encountered is when people ask me, "How was it?". Katie and I discussed this a little bit before we came home, because we experienced it last year as well. Those have to be some of the most frustrating words someone can ask. They are so well-meaning, and yet so vague and broad. How can I possibly sum up how "it" was in a few passing sentences? And at the same time, I don't want to sound like "it" wasn't life changing and just say "great!" Everything that I want to say falls so flat and sounds so shallow in my ears. I realize that I have a job here, now that I'm home, and my job is the second half of the story I started this summer. My job is to live according to what I learned, and to spread that knowledge to everyone I know. And so, I have spent the past few days trying to figure out how I can convey to people "how it was". I can only pray that God will give me the words to speak, and that maybe I can live in such a way that I don't even have to use words.

As "homesick" as I am now, I can't help but know that it was time to come home to the States. I believe that God was preparing me for something huge by what I lived and experienced in Romania; whether He chooses to take me back there or not. I have been changed - I still don't know why He chose me, but I cannot ignore Him, I can only respond,"Here I am, for you did call me." My Father has placed an indelible mark on my soul. I wait in anticipation for whatever He has in store.


You are the strength that keeps me walking
You are the hope that keeps me trusting
You are the light to my soul, You are my purpose
You're everything

And how can I stand here with you and not be moved by you
Would you tell me, how could it be any better than this?