Buckle up
Life can be one crazy ride, one that some days throws you big curve balls and rocks, and other days when you just feel joy and peace in Gods presence.
Now don't leave yet, I know not all of you believe in God but I just want you to know that I believe and there's NO judgement here. I would however love to share a little more of my journey with you.
I Know that I am nothing and no one without God. This doesn't mean all my days are perfect, and that I've got my life all sorted, in fact some days it means the total opposite, when my wheels come off and I feel as if I just cannot do this.
Side note: Getting married to the man I love; and and the man I never thought I would get = Easy, Wonderful and an absolute blessing...but moving across the planet and leaving behind everything you know, that's a whole new level of fun and tough mixed together!
I've been sitting here at the pool of our apartment block for sometime now, trying to think what immigrating is like, so sit tight with me if you're not a hiker, and if you've never hiked in South Africa.
When you start a hike its like; "oh yeah its so beautiful out here I want to live here...goodness look at the views". Then the you keep walking, the sun starts to beat down on you a little and the hill you started on has been increasing for over 2 hours; "damn is this going to end anytime soon, I don't see any trees and there's no place in sight for a good breather". So you start chanting songs and telling jokes just to take your mind of your exhausted body.
Then 5 hours go by you've stopped for lunch under some trees, cooled off with your feet in a stream but you know you have about 4 hours to go; "ok let's do this" a little more optimistic knowing there's a great place to stop for the night.
You finally lay down for the night happy you made it to the bunker close our eyes and realize you've three more days to hike and you're like "what the hell am I doing this for?"
Long story short, first you Love It, then kinda HATE it then in the end fall inLOOOOVVVEEE with it!
This has been a time of such growth for me as a person; and if someone asked me if I thought they should do it, I would say only do the move, the climb, the challenge, if you are prepared to grow and be tested!
This time has tested both Justin and I and we still continue to have days where we are tested to the extreme and feel like packing it in. It is in this moment that we realize that the only reason we have gotten this far and have gotten so much accomplished is because in those moments we stop and say "God I can't do this", and let Him take control He moves in ways totally unbelievable to your human self. Impossible moments become possible, difficult times become do-able. We've weathered some storms here but the view afterwards is always worth it.
"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you".
Love to you all.
Now don't leave yet, I know not all of you believe in God but I just want you to know that I believe and there's NO judgement here. I would however love to share a little more of my journey with you.
I Know that I am nothing and no one without God. This doesn't mean all my days are perfect, and that I've got my life all sorted, in fact some days it means the total opposite, when my wheels come off and I feel as if I just cannot do this. Side note: Getting married to the man I love; and and the man I never thought I would get = Easy, Wonderful and an absolute blessing...but moving across the planet and leaving behind everything you know, that's a whole new level of fun and tough mixed together!
I've been sitting here at the pool of our apartment block for sometime now, trying to think what immigrating is like, so sit tight with me if you're not a hiker, and if you've never hiked in South Africa.
When you start a hike its like; "oh yeah its so beautiful out here I want to live here...goodness look at the views". Then the you keep walking, the sun starts to beat down on you a little and the hill you started on has been increasing for over 2 hours; "damn is this going to end anytime soon, I don't see any trees and there's no place in sight for a good breather". So you start chanting songs and telling jokes just to take your mind of your exhausted body.Then 5 hours go by you've stopped for lunch under some trees, cooled off with your feet in a stream but you know you have about 4 hours to go; "ok let's do this" a little more optimistic knowing there's a great place to stop for the night.
You finally lay down for the night happy you made it to the bunker close our eyes and realize you've three more days to hike and you're like "what the hell am I doing this for?"
Long story short, first you Love It, then kinda HATE it then in the end fall inLOOOOVVVEEE with it!
This has been a time of such growth for me as a person; and if someone asked me if I thought they should do it, I would say only do the move, the climb, the challenge, if you are prepared to grow and be tested!This time has tested both Justin and I and we still continue to have days where we are tested to the extreme and feel like packing it in. It is in this moment that we realize that the only reason we have gotten this far and have gotten so much accomplished is because in those moments we stop and say "God I can't do this", and let Him take control He moves in ways totally unbelievable to your human self. Impossible moments become possible, difficult times become do-able. We've weathered some storms here but the view afterwards is always worth it.
"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you".
Genesis 28:15
Love to you all.
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