A Time for Change

The last several days have been FULL of activity. Graduation. Goodbyes. Packing up and organizing my classroom. Cleaning our dusty apartment from top to bottom. In the midst of all this activity, I’ve also been trying to wrap my mind around the changes that are to come. I feel like I’m living in a dream world. As much as I long to come home, to see my friends and family, to finally be with Stu again … I’ve been looking forward to it for so long that it hardly seems real. And I am beginning to realize just how much I will miss the routines and relationships I’ve established on the base here in St. Marc. Change is good, and I’m more than ready for it. But it is never easy…

As my time here in Haiti comes to a close, I’ve been trying to gear myself up for the transition home. But not to life as I knew it. This coming year holds so many changes, I sometimes wonder if God sent me to Haiti just to prepare me for them. ;) Over my two shorts months of summer (which will only feel like a continuation of the YEAR of summer I’ve just lived through), I’ll be preparing for my wedding in September, setting up our new home, transitioning into my new position at the Millersville International House, and gradually taking on a new leadership role at my home church.

But after 6 years of teaching (and being single) I am more than ready for these changes. And with all the new lessons and experiences from this past year (the new wine that God has poured into my life), I feel ready to embrace these changes as the new wineskin that God has provided to pour them into.

I’d really appreciate your prayers as I make this transition. The journey is not over yet! Please pray that God would give me the words to speak as I share about my time living and serving here in St. Marc. As I share about God’s vision for the Liberty Academy and the need for new teachers, funds to complete the new building, supplies, etc. And please pray that my life would reflect the changes that these months of living in Haiti have had one me. That I will continue to walk in step with the Spirit and seek God’s direction as my life path takes these new turns.

Thank you for partnering with me in this journey. I look forward to staying in touch, even after I return home to the states. Blogging has been a wonderful way for me to process my experiences, and share them with those around me. And I have a feeling it will continue, in some form, as I transition into my ministry at the international house. God bless you all, and thanks for being a blessing!

I'm coming home tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!