transitioning

having a really hard time tonight with the reality of leaving very soon.
pray for me these next 6 weeks.
no matter how you slice it, goodbyes are just. plain. rough.
loving and leaving.
holding on and letting go.
clinging to His word tonight, through many tears,
Deut. 12:9, NASB --

...for you have not as yet come to the resting place and the inheritance which the LORD your God is giving you...

this is fleeting. temporary.
the best is still to come.
where there will be no more goodbyes.
no more separation or distance between His people.

oh, africa...

i came praying for the courage to love you.
as Jesus loves you.
because my heart belongs to another,
and wasn't mine to give to you.

but i never expected...
that i'd come to love you as i have,
nor the way my heart would become entwined
with the lives of your precious, beautiful people.

when i go, a piece of me will remain behind,
knowing, there is coming a day
when we will all be together again as one body
not here on your soil
but on the eternal soil of souls
belonging to the King of all kings

i only pray, in my going, that i'll have
loved. given. spent.
as He has wanted
in HIS love for you

i know i've not attained this
but rejoice that He's a King that still uses
cracked. broken. earthen. vessels
so the glory will always, ever, only point to HIM.

Video on the El Salvador SL Project

Reaching the Deaf with His Word

wanderlust

in 2 months... I'm going home.
in 3 months... I'm going back to school.
in 6 months... I'm spending Thanksgiving at my second home.
in 9 months... I'm heading back overseas.
All these make me kinda happy! =D There's something about holding plane tickets that makes me smile. =)

Oh, and the news of the day: Heard this morning that my scholarship application for my fall courses at GIAL has been approved! Hooray! Thank you, Jesus.