i'm baaaaack. yep. that's right. i've returned. a little darker (just a tad), a little skinnier (just a tad), a little more chinese (really, just a bit), and a lot more ME. i think i've returned more comfortable in my own skin.. know what i mean?
it's been a few weeks now. not easy for sure. the first night before i went to work, i slept 1.5 hours, the first night before church, i didn't sleep at all... so physically it's been hard. and my cold has now reached the 7th week... and doesn't seem to be getting better.
emotionally it hasn't been easy either. one thing i really felt throughout the trip was that you really do pick up things from each city. if you're aware, every city you go into, "feels" different. and vancouver definitely felt different from all the cities of the past two months. i've changed, this city and nation changed... it seems like summer was hard on a lot of people. i came back and ran into depressed, low energy, wary people. that was something i picked up from this city as well. trying to process the past few months, feeling down and jetlagged bagged together didn't make a good combo.
there is hope. praying just reinspires me. a few saturdays ago esther and i just went out and prayed... prayed for this city and nation... and wow, God gave us visions, images and prophetic words for this city and for this season of life.
i know things are different. me as a person, my relationship with God, how I interact with people... how i think.. it's all different. it really does feel like it's a brand new year. feels like it should be january.
so bare with me as i refeel my way through... it's good though. God's word for me for this next season (don't know how long this "season" will last) is opportunity and option. God always gives me one worders or phrases for seasons. In the beginning of the year, God gave me the first in Psalms "taste and see that the Lord is good..." I have tasted and I've seen... and can testify that HE is good.
so that's that. I'll try to get back into this blogging thang. let you into my thoughts a bit... see who's out there, who's reading :p
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4 comments:
glad you're back shelaine!!! =D
i'm back from mexico...tanned a bit as well...hehe.
anyways, to hear the amazing things God has done in your life...mm...really great! =)
ok, take care.
see you later!
yay! we missed you. those last 2 months without seeing you have been hard on all of us.
... right. well, i hope you had a great trip. traveling like that is always an eye-opener, and in a lot of ways, i think it makes us all appreciate vancouver a little more. at least, that's how i think i'd feel upon my return.
yay! we missed you. those last 2 months without seeing you have been hard on all of us.
... right. well, i hope you had a great trip. traveling like that is always an eye-opener, and in a lot of ways, i think it makes us all appreciate vancouver a little more. at least, that's how i think i'd feel upon my return.
oops. :P
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