It is strange how fast time flies. I am leaving this area in several days. I will be in Rome with Hope Maglich for about a week then I get to once again land over the United States. There is something within me that cherishes the moments of seeing my home country from the air. It is familiar and welcoming. Although there is a lot of frustration wrapped up in the words USA, there is also a smile and a warm fuzzy feeling for me that I cannot get anywhere else, and believe me, I have flown into many a country and I don't ever get the same feeling.
I want to thank those that have been praying for the family. In fact after Mark's saga there was more. My last month has been actually rather tough Devin the oldest almost drowned at a swimming party. Kim was attacked in the head by a teen on a bike Maja has been sick for about a month with different viruses, and Kylie has bad asthma that flares up when you least need it to. Please continue to pray for this family. I see Satan attacking them and not wanting them to be here to spread God's truth. It has been an honor to be used by God these last weeks as support and helper...I am seeing myself though starting to drain and this week for me could not come faster. Though the family will be greatly missed I am very much looking forward to a break and a breather. For the first time in months I will not have banana on me from Maja, or hear another whine from Kylie. But I will miss Devin's amazing imagination and Kylie's picky likings, and Maja's adorable laugh. This is the epitome of a bitter sweet moment.
So what is next for me...that is a question that everyone seems to ask me and I even ask myself. I am actually finding my way back to Europe to Lithuania. I have some "unfinished business" to take care of..some letting go and giving God. For those that may not have known or it slipped your mind, but in Lithuania I struggled in many ways. Much of the struggle was through death of 5 people in my life. I still grieve over that lose and sometimes it is not the healthiest. I don't have time to tell you all the details, but I am excited to go back to Lithuania as symbolically giving that to God again. I am also helping my good friend move there. I will be her support and friend as she transitions into the crazy place of LCC (Lithuania Christian College) as a hall director. I will be there for 2 weeks at max (the details are still being worked out).
This blog will continue for a bit at least. And though I have not been that dedicated or very good at this blog, I have enjoyed it and will keep trucking on...the more I practice, just maybe the better writer/communicator I will become...and no, that is not my ultimate goal in life.
So goodbye for now and my life in England. I will probably write some more but not much. Enjoy your Christmas time and all that includes. For me I am looking sooooo forward to friends and family, fires in the fireplace, fir trees, fifteen inches of snow, and fuzzy warm feelings.
Blessings.
2 comments:
Glad to have an update - and you'll continue to be in the prayers here as you keep moving.
Love ya Kat.
This is my first time on the blog. I don't think I have your email, so its nice to have a chance to catch up on your life! I'm doing well in Tanazania. In fact, I've thought of you recently as I've made a couple Taylor connects here. I met Jenna last week, who knows you from English Hall, and is now a Peace Corps Volunteer in TZ, a region not too far from mine. And right now I'm writing from the house of a wonderfully hospitable Christian family in Dar Es Salaam whose daughter Pam graduated in 2003. I'm still in contact with Anna, but have been wondering (since you keep coming up with people I meet) how you and the rest of your family are doing. You're welcome to visit Jenna and me in TZ anytime!
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