There are days when you feel you may not survive if you had to leave the people you were with, and then you do....
Coming back is difficult, strange, un-familiar. Maybe it is just me, maybe I don't want to act, maybe I am out of my comfort zone right now. I really don't like the fact that my year has flown by. I mean, it hasn't flown all the time. There were times when time was just dragging, when I thought the next week, the next day would NEVER come. But, it always did, and its a shame it came so quickly because I would like to have just a bit more of those dragging days.
My mind is full of experiences, fears for the future and trying to process them is a job in itself. I've left my family in Zambia, my friends in Malawi, and now I am back in South and trying to figure out how I fit into this new, yet old, equation.
I couldn't sleep last night, too much swirling through my mind. Will you all promise to be my friends when I get back home? :) I need some good friends, I need some de-compressing time, I need...a massage.
God doesn't change does He? That is a question and a statement depending on how it is read.
I was given the same passage today that I was given the first week I arrived in Africa - Proverbs 3:5&6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto you own understanding, In all your ways, acknowledge him and He will direct your paths... it isn't a mistake, it is still needed today maybe more than ever - walking into the unknown known. It is a strange thing!
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I will be in Africa for the next year volunteering with Hands@Work, a Christian missions agency based in South Africa. Here you will be able to join me on my journey through Africa and stay connected with me throughout the year. Be sure to stay close! Miss you already!
9 comments:
We are with you all the way Megan. When will you get back to Phoenix? Will you be home by March 1?
Let me know.
Hey, I'm headed to the South on the 5th. How long are you in town? The Price's are flying there today. Hope to see you and catch up.
Hey! Yah, I will be here until the...4th, oh boo...I leave to stay in Pretoria until the 4th of Feburary...I'll miss you Song :( Big time Bummer! Well, if you are in Jo'burg for a day or so you should just come by!
I'll be back in Arizona at the end of February, so I will be home by the 1st Karl...why? :)
March 1 & 2 is the Africa focus for Heart for the World. We'll have Perry Jansen from Partners in Malawi (the big HIV/AIDS Clinic about 4kms south of Lilongwe -- huge white building on the left hand side of the road heading south) and Jim Cantelon from Visionledd. If I know for sure that you will be home on March 1 we could perhaps find a place for you in the services in some way.
Let me know
Karl
Megan, daughter of my heart I will be here with very big shoulders to cry on over coffee and or tea and chocolate lots and lots of chocolate.
Can't wait to see you. I am praying for you btw God does not change but we do!
Lots of love
When you're ready for a vacation from home, come to St. Louis. I'll be waiting...
Megan,
As you get ready to leave Africa and return to Arizona, my prayer for you is this:
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord life up the light of His countenance upon you and be gracious unto you;
The Lord make His face to shine upon you and give you peace;
And may the blessing of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be amongst you and remain with you now and forever more. Amen.
~Terri
Thank you for being so FABULOUS. As we both try to readjust to the 'other' world, I'll be here over e-mail to laugh and cry with you.
Megan--I love you and think of you all the time!!!! BE safe on your journey home!!
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