Right. I suppose I owe this blog a post. It's not like I haven't posted anything in a year and a half. Me? Forget about/get bored with this blog? Never.
Ok, in all honesty, I did both. The thing is, we got settled in South Africa. We got used to life there, so I had nothing to post about because I couldn't think what to take pictures of. Everything became normal, and why would i want to take pictures of normality? So I put it off and put it off and then just stopped posting altogether. That wasn't really fair of me, I should at least have posted saying I was stopping. But I didn't, and here we are.
Where are we? Well, for those of you who don't know, we've moved back home. We thought we might be staying in South Africa longer, it looked like that until two months before we moved, but God had different plans and so back home we came. It was really hard coming back. I made great friends in South Africa at Kings College and we were part of a great church. I didn't want to come back.
Coming back has given me more perspective though, especially about American culture. I find myself so frustrated with the self centeredness and apathy here. Culture shock was more significant coming back than going. But I recognize that I'm really just frustrated with the world I'm in. This isn't my home. Anywhere will seem better than where I am, but once I get anywhere elae, here will seem better. If that makes any sense.
I believe that God took me over to South Africa for a purpose beyond just staying with my family. Dad's work may have been the reason we all went over, but God brought me there to get closer with Him. Not only did I have to rely on Him when I had no friends and when I was struggling with the change of moving halfway around the world, but I also learned a lot about God that we don't hear about in America. He showed me the power of His Holy Spirit, and a lot more about how to walk a life trying to follow in His footsteps. That was part of why it was so hard to leave, because home is where we find God, and He showed up to much in South Africa.
Now God has more plans for us and I don't know what they are. But I'm trusting Him going forward, because He's proved so faithful looking back. If you want to follow me as I move forward with my life, I'm very good at keeping my other blog up to date. Check it out at teenreflectionsonlife.blogspot.com.
So this farewell to this blog. Thank you for following me!
Ok, in all honesty, I did both. The thing is, we got settled in South Africa. We got used to life there, so I had nothing to post about because I couldn't think what to take pictures of. Everything became normal, and why would i want to take pictures of normality? So I put it off and put it off and then just stopped posting altogether. That wasn't really fair of me, I should at least have posted saying I was stopping. But I didn't, and here we are.
Where are we? Well, for those of you who don't know, we've moved back home. We thought we might be staying in South Africa longer, it looked like that until two months before we moved, but God had different plans and so back home we came. It was really hard coming back. I made great friends in South Africa at Kings College and we were part of a great church. I didn't want to come back.
Coming back has given me more perspective though, especially about American culture. I find myself so frustrated with the self centeredness and apathy here. Culture shock was more significant coming back than going. But I recognize that I'm really just frustrated with the world I'm in. This isn't my home. Anywhere will seem better than where I am, but once I get anywhere elae, here will seem better. If that makes any sense.
I believe that God took me over to South Africa for a purpose beyond just staying with my family. Dad's work may have been the reason we all went over, but God brought me there to get closer with Him. Not only did I have to rely on Him when I had no friends and when I was struggling with the change of moving halfway around the world, but I also learned a lot about God that we don't hear about in America. He showed me the power of His Holy Spirit, and a lot more about how to walk a life trying to follow in His footsteps. That was part of why it was so hard to leave, because home is where we find God, and He showed up to much in South Africa.
Now God has more plans for us and I don't know what they are. But I'm trusting Him going forward, because He's proved so faithful looking back. If you want to follow me as I move forward with my life, I'm very good at keeping my other blog up to date. Check it out at teenreflectionsonlife.blogspot.com.
So this farewell to this blog. Thank you for following me!
