Just about one week until we're headed on the long, meandering journey home! Next Thursday we go to Beijing. Then we eventually fly to LA via Shanghai. Then I eventually fly to Kansas City, and then drive to Topeka. It's such a long journey, that I won't really think about home until I actually see it.
And where is my home? For a long while now, I've had this feeling that I don't really belong anywhere. I lived in southern Virginia for four years, making occasional visits back to Kansas. Then I've been living in China for nearly 10 months, and will live here for many more months. For most of my life I felt like a foreigner in Kansas, then Virginia, and now China. So where is "home?" If home is where the heart is, then I'd say my home's not anywhere on this planet.
I was reminded of this when I was reading about the "hall of faith" in Hebrews. "...They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland..." 11:13-16.
There are a lot of other revealing, relevant things I've been reading in the Word in my vast amount of free time lately, but that's all I'll share for now.
In other news, the local family here continues to grow through our team and our Chinese friends. Yesterday two students completed studies about Him. One student accepted, while one did not. Last week another student also joined the family. There's been a lot of celebration here and in our heavenly home, I'm sure!
Tomorrow some of my teammates and Chinese friends are taking the train to Zhejiang province to visit a famous mountain. I was going to go, but I have to hibernate here some more, because I caught a nasty cold, despite washing my hands, etc. I think a lot of it has to do with China's lack of hygiene practices, which I don't have any control over. It's pretty much impossible to not get sick every other day.
I want to rant about China's "hygiene," which I feel like getting all riled up about once a month, but it won't do any good. I can't change the habits of 1.3 billion people, and I just have to let it go... Easier said than done.
Have a happy, super hygienic day in America! See you soon.
1 comment:
I want to hear more about the revealing things you've been reading in the Word! Especially about not feeling at home anywhere. :)
Maybe your immune system is getting super good while ours are diminished through gallons of anti-bacterial everything in America! Sorry you can't go to the mountain. I'm sure it will be there for a while. Maybe you can go some other day! I love you so much!!
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