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Feelings, Emotions and All Those Things I Usually Try to Avoid

In less than 3 weeks I will jump on a plane and land in the beautiful country of Thailand. Wait a second, lets back up, did I just say 3 weeks!!!! OH SNAP! I remember earlier this year when I first applied for the Servant Partners Thailand Internship, I thought that September would be a long way off and I would have plenty of time to prepare myself mentally. This last month has been flying by day after day, it finally hit me....I'm leaving my home, my country, my family and all that I know to live in another culture for 10 months. My brain has been on overload with questions; whats Bangkok going to look like, who will I meet, what will I eat (what wont I eat), what is God going to do, who, what, where, when, and why and every question in between! I don't know if I will be homesick, I usually don't get homesick but then again I have never been away this long. Though there have been days where I have been really emotional or emotionally stressed out, God has blessed me with s