Tuesday morning...2 days left!!

It is Tuesday morning and I have two days left before heading to Texas for ten days and then off to Chiang Rai. I am excited about this awesome and grand adventure that my Abba is sending me on and sobered by the ache of saying goodbye to the best of my life friends and family.

At my church here, we fasted during the beginning of what we call the "Summer of Love." There will be an engagement soon as a result of the sweet side of love, but quite a few of us learned about the suffering long and forgiving side of love that covers a multitude of sins and keeps no record of wrongs, which is SO against American culture. All of this has so prepped me for really and I mean REALLY loving, so much so that my heart aches and I cry because of the love given to me and the love I cannot help but give back to Him and to all He puts in my path.

As the Beatles put it so precisely, "All we (really do) need is LOVE!!!"

Getting ready...

So I am in the midst of getting ready to move to Thailand for at least a year, possibly two...fixing up my car to sell this week, moving from house to house and living out of a suitcase for almost a month now, saying goodbyes to friends...crying has become a part of my day just as much as waking up and going to sleep. Even so, I am excited!! A dream that I have had for so many years is going to soon be no longer a dream, but my reality - waking up in a country where English isn't the main language and McDonalds are not on every corner - Chiang Rai, where I'm moving only has a Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Dunkin' Donuts (don't ask me why they chose those two...I dunno). Teaching kids that are from a variety of countries...learning a language to exist in a new community...living thousands and thousands of miles away from friends and family...and learning to trust only God!!

I love life!! I love God!!
but I hate waiting to get my brakes fixed, which is what I am doing right now...should be drinking coffee with friends, but I am not...oh patience, why do you taunt me??

Love you all - that's Tuesday!! Only 9 days in Colorado, then 10 in Texas and then off to the other side of the world...