The Aftermath

WELL. It has been a long time since I have written, so what better time to start than now! So much has happened since my last post, but rather than bore you with all of the details, I'll just hit on what my mind has been on lately. First, I must say that as my post so many months ago proclaimed, Africa did indeed change me --oh, for the better, I'll add. I still keep in touch with Alfred and Henry and I just got an email from Mejason yesterday. Charles still sends updates on Moshi Town Church, and I still miss everyone more than ever. Since I've been back I've found that my spending has been cut, my friendships greatly cherished, and my blessings daily counted. If I ever find that I begin to take things for granted again I go back to my Africa journal and read or sort through some old pictures of people from Moshi. I actually found myself tearing up the other day when I was looking at some of the pictures with kids from the church. I just hope so much that I get to see them again. I felt so much like I was in my element. That might be weird to think or say, and I'm not sure how to explain it, but maybe you get my drift. I'm not sure the next time I'll get to venture out anywhere, but I hope it's soon. I guess C.S. Lewis said it great when he wrote "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." I'll just have to be patient! (not one of my greatest talents) 

Ok, so those are my thoughts and this is what I've been up to...

Since the beginning of school I've been doing a lot with the international kids on campus and I've been LOVING it. They are so much fun. We've done everything from Salsa dancing to making trips to the asian market to whipping up some chapati in room 209. It has been so great to get to know all of them. I probably got to know them the best during fall break. Tracy invited a bunch of the internationals to a lake house in Texas and the Americans (+1 canadian, I didn't forget) drove. My car slept a lot of the way but before long we were jamming to the newest latest chinese pop music! But during that time it gave me a chance to have some good conversations with some of them and that was really neat. We haven't done anything in a big group in awhile so we'll have to think of something to do this next semester. Yes, right now we're on break. Yes, I've been bedridden the whole time. I can't seem to shake my sickness but I have had a lot of time to myself and a lot of time to think, which can be both good and bad I guess, but I think for me that it has been good. Even though it's been kind of disheartening to be sick this whole time, I've had a lot of time to rest...a lot...and hang out with the sibs. I just hope I'll be up and ready to go when school starts! Well, that's my life right now, perhaps I'll write more later...