So these past couple of days I have been back in Norman, going through RA training, and catching up with friends that I haven't talked to this summer. Of course the question we all ask is,"So what did you do this summer?" I did plenty of things. Lived with my sister, was in a song writers competition for a short time, played guitar in the park, did a lot of shopping, watched both seasons of Samantha Who?, worked at express, hung out with friends, and found a little cafe called The Cosmo. But the experience that presses at the fore-front of my mind is Ukraine. And as I talk to people about what they did, I know in the back of my mind that they did plenty of things that I did, but what they share is the work that God has been doing in their life. I've heard stories of mission trips to South Asia, Russia, Dominican Republic, and here within the very walls of this city. Listening to the unique experiences each person has had and identifying with surrealism that happens after your trip that you have to break free of. And the effort it takes to keep your memories not as a dream but as real history that is setting opportunities for the future. We've talked about the things that we dearly miss and things that were struggles while away. But what excites me the most is that we all agree that God is moving and at work, not just in our lives but in the lives of others as well.
As much as I wish to jump on a plane and fly off to Ukraine I know that God is using me right here where I am. And that when it's time to go back, he'll make himself clear to me. And at which time I will leave my country with a spring in my step and an outpouring joy for the one's around me. But for now I live with the anticipation of the things God is growing in me with the here and now. If I fell in love with a people because I was daily pursuing the heart of Christ, why should I stop now? My hope is that in the time between now and my return to Ukraine God would grow both me and the students who are now my dear friends, so when we are reunited we would have Great things to share.
All my Love,
Carli
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