My last post was in May, so here's a quick summary of the last four months:
June: I met some cool Americans interning here, spent a week in the bush, and photographed a big conference on missions hosted by OM.
July: I went to Kenya, saw baby elephants, and kissed a giraffe.
August: I got fed up with being in an office. So I went and found myself some fun-loving youth. Joined Young Life and helped with VBS. Also on an unrelated note I learned how to make tortillas.
September: Eden decided I need to see Zimbabwe. So we've started a list of destinations we must squeeze into the next two months.
In all seriousness, I need to get back in the habit of posting weekly. I'm taking life for granted and not documenting how God has been changing my heart from day to day. I've grown so much this year. My way of thinking has changed and I've experienced things that will forever change my life.
I want to remember these things forever and be able to use them to influence others. Life abroad gives you so much perspective. I've gotten to watch the US elections from the view of the world. I've grown to appreciate and be proud of where I am from, but I've also learned to pray from a new perspective. Americans are often stereotyped as ignorant. And that's cause lots of us are. What we do affects the world. Whether we like it or not our movies, products, music, and style stretches way farther than you'd think. And with that, our sins, our faults, our big big mistakes and failures.... those stretch far, too. Positive or negative it affects the world. Not just through war or hunger, but in a much deeper way.
The church in America has gradually stepped further and further away from the Bible. Social media has let opinions go wild and has changed our culture and our Christianity (among other things that have changed over the years). The church here is confused that the people that came as missionaries not so long ago are now promoting a whole different lifestyle.
The church in America is doing amazing things today in our own towns and all over the globe, but let's keep encouraging each other! We are strong. We can be stronger. Let's be willing to learn from our foreign brothers and sisters, and let's always put the Bible at the forefront of our actions and decisions.
"Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, 'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'" - John 8:31-32
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