After 3 Years ...

This is the view from the front door of our house (our house meaning our families house where we have lived while we have been itinerating):












As you can see ... nothing around but corn!

I have been driving down these country roads lately wondering how different this will look to us after living in India for 3 years where this will probably be a typical picture from our front door or window:














Then my thoughts wonder to how far away we will be from everything that is 'normal' to us:




How will we look at these conveniences we enjoy now when we return? How will the vast spaces of cornfields feel to us?

Not to mention being far away from family and friends (far away if measured by miles, but not far away at all if measured by our thoughts and our heart.)

It's easy to get overwhelmed by all of this ... and this isn't even close to all the changes or differences that we will experience!

We've tried to prepare ... we've tried to do our part, to use the brain that we were given.

But, then what?

I know and fully accept that it's absolutely not possible to prepare completely. That no matter how much we think through and prepare, we won't ever be totally prepared.

But we have what we have. We've been given what we've been given.

And that's what we can use. We have 'it' for a reason. We've been given what we have for a reason (and no, I am not talkin' about material things here!)

Can we expand on that and learn and grow?

Most certainly!

But will it happen all before we arrive?

Not a chance.

Should we wait, should we not go until we think we are fully 'prepared'?

No!

First of all that would be never. Would we ever 'feel' fully prepared? I don't see how!

We use what we've been given and step out and then our efforts turn into more than we could ever imagine.

So, what will we think of our wonderful conveniences when we return? I have no idea.

I think I will want a Polar Pop Mountain Dew handed to me as soon as I get off the plane! But who knows ....

I have a sneaking suspicion that I will find some indian tea or something that I love just as much ...



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Just wanted to say on a different topic, we had a HUGE waterstation come our way today.
(if you don't know what I mean when I say 'waterstation', scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on where it says 'older posts' and look for the one titled Waterstations and that will explain it!)

You know who you are and we can't begin to explain how much we were encouraged and blessed. We throughly enjoyed every minute. Our kids loved it, we loved it, we appreciated it so much and somehow we want to get a copy of those videos!