On my mind

South Africa on the mind.

But what’s new?

It has finally reached that point where I can look back and say “this time a year ago, I was…” and fill in the blank with something that happened in South Africa. It’s so strange. I know I just posted an entire blog about how strange it is, but I really can’t say it enough. It’s strange.

I went back tonight and read my journal from January 23, 2010. It was the day we toured Soweto and had lunch at this wonderful place where we first got to see Zulu dancing. I had only been there one day, and I was already noticing the deep joy of the people, the joy that went beyond material possessions and radiated through their very being. Oh Lord, what a sweet memory that is.

I also looked back at my journal entry from the night before I left Azusa and it was so encouraging to read. I asked that the trip would teach me more about God and myself. That I would meet Him there and not miss out on any of the opportunities He had in store. That I would be changed. I couldn’t help but smile as I read it, because God was so faithful in answering those prayers. He answered them beyond anything I could have imagined.

I cannot express enough how amazing that trip was. I mean…obviously. It’s a year later and I still am blogging about it. ;)