“In God We Trust”/I Still Can’t Believe I’m Here For A Year
Monday, August 25th, 2008 | Uncategorized
Since I arrived first at my new house, I got to pick whichever room I wanted. I chose the biggest one with the balcony. I moved all of my things in, unpacked, got organized and the next day I noticed something. On the inside of my door it says “In God We Trust.” I checked the back of all of the other doors of the bedrooms and realized that mine is the only one that has anything written on it and it happens to have this written on it. That is no accident!
I find myself amazed that God has called me here to Ethiopia. He has called me to step out of my comfort zone all of the time. He has called me to miss every single one of you back home. He has called me to not focus on myself all the time (that will be an act of God). He has called me to humble myself and make mistakes everyday with learning a new language. He has called me to love people in Ethiopia. He has called me to teach beautiful children who need to learn English.
Sometimes it feels like a lot. Sometimes I feel like God has given me more than I can handle. But I think He somehow trusts me with all this, as long as I know that I HAVE to trust Him if I’m going to survive and thrive in my new life here. If I don’t depend on Him, I will be so much more lost, afraid, and confused. So, as I look at the words written on the back of my bedroom door, I am reminded that the whole reason that I even came is because somehow, though definitely not perfectly, I trust God that He wants me here, not matter how difficult or easy it might be. Thanks God for that visual reminder!
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