As I prepare to journey back to Africa, I cannot help looking back for a moment and remembering.
It seems like only yesterday when I was leaving Sierra Leone. On that day I wrote in my journal the following words...
March 18th, 11
My time with Mercy Ships has been one wave of change after another, literally. The time has flown by. Yet it feels like a lifetime ago when I was stepping gingerly off the plane back there in Durban, South Africa, wondering what on earth I was doing. And yet, here I am three months later and it's almost over. Too many goodbyes today! Oh, what a sad day. So very hard saying goodbye to those who have come to mean so much. The crew are like family, and how exactly does one say goodbye to family? During the boat ride to the airport I watched as the Africa Mercy faded into a lone, tiny twinkle of light on the horizon. A tear slipped down my face as one of the leaving crew members began to softly sing, "This Little Light of Mine".
God has led, He is leading and will continue to do so.
No ocean is too large to foil His purposes for our lives.
I can trust His heart to do the perfect thing in mine.
But will I ever travel again?
If so, where will I go?
And with whom?
Today is May 5, 2012.
In less than two weeks I'll be boarding another plane for Africa. God has opened up another radically life-changing door for me and I'm eager to step through. Of course, there are many unknowns on the other side, but I am so happy, full of hope, so wanting to follow Jesus wherever He leads me.
In reflecting back on my time with Mercy Ships, and all the things that have taken place since my return from Sierra Leone - all the situations I know so well and those I still don't understand, one thing is certain - I am humbled and so incredibly awed by just how faithful my God has been.Thank You Jesus!!
