I think I'm just here a bit pulled at the seams In this world, left that world Not quite sure what it means. I love it here, breathed out, was wowed by its' beauty. Sunk back into friendships, sunk back into life but there's still such an ache in my heart that this life is a part, not the whole - there's a part of me there. And it comes over me, I get caught unaware. Are there beautiful friends here? Yes, more than few. Are there people who see me, who know me who root for my life and my … [Read more...] about Stumbling Together
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Floating Between
Have you ever felt lost in the midst of reality struggling to cross over mind, heart and soul to a new time and place while a part of your life's vanished fast - without trace. One day I was there, today somewhere else. Am I who I was there or that self will I shelve while I sort out next steps; fresh starts sometimes mean that a former self flickers - is lost in between these two lives that I live and each one not the same from what this world's like now and the way it had been. So I float … [Read more...] about Floating Between
Where Do We Run?
Reassurance. Uncertainty. Comfort.These words were on my heart this morning after my very ordinary task of dropping the kids off at school. For the past 18 months, people all over the world have been enduring a season of change. A season of unknowns. A season of new normals . A season of new routines and uncertainty. For the past month, those new normals have changed again in Papua New Guinea - bringing new restrictions in the hopes of slowing the spread of Covid within this beautiful country. … [Read more...] about Where Do We Run?
Transitions
Transitions. Transitions is one of those 'buzz' words in missions and a word that, to be honest, I sometimes get tired of hearing. I think that my main aversion to this word is that it is not a word that is reserved for missionaries so I feel the need to explain that fact anytime I might find myself using it. It is a reality for those who are moving often, no matter what the reasons, and certainly not just for missionaries but it is a very real thing anytime you uproot your family and move … [Read more...] about Transitions
Zero Degrees of Separation
How close are you to the people you interact with day in and day out? Is your dentist your friend or the parent of one of your students? Do you see your child’s Principal at social gatherings? Do you shop at the same grocery store and worship at the same church?For those of you who have grown up in or lived in a very small town, the answer to many of these questions might be yes and, for us, living here in Ukarumpa, the answer is most definitely yes. If there are six degrees of separation … [Read more...] about Zero Degrees of Separation
