This journey feels almost like it's been forever and yet time has gone by in the blink of an eye. I still remember my first trip going to Yangon on my own. Since then my travels have brought me all over the world, each time a bit more adventurous than the next.
Then came the time for specialist training. What I thought would help in fulfilling my dreams almost seemed to send them in the opposite direction. Promises made of going back to the DRC or South Sudan left unfulfilled for the last couple of years left a sour taste in my mouth. And it left me wondering if they had thought I had forgotten about them, that I no longer came because I no longer cared. As training consumed more of my energy, it left me wanting much more than I had begun with. Not only did I feel that I no longer had time to do the things I really wanted to, but I wondered if I was further from my goal than when I had started.
4 days ago, I sat for my specialist training exit examination and by God's grace, I passed. After the moments of disbelief, suddenly I viewed things as I always had. Now I was free. Free to pursue the things God had put in my heart before. Things that had been forced to go to sleep now could be resurrected. And yet, things are completely different.
I have always prayed that he would use me in a greater capacity to help others, to go where others would not, whatever the cost would be. God has always been faithful and he has given me opportunities aplenty, each more precious than the next. Now that I have finally completed my specialist training, I finally see the opportunities that abound in my future. Helping others is indeed addictive, but it is not because the 'feel good' emotion but because it pleases our Father in heaven.
For the next one month, I will get an opportunity to be part of a global enterprise - one I have always dreamt of being a part of. One that I would have never had the chance to do if I had not undergone this training. I only pray that what I say and do will bring glory to the one who has given me this opportunity.
Not only has God given me this wonderful opportunity, but he has put me in the company of eagles, that I may learn to soar with them.
Whatever life brings my way, bring it on.
Then came the time for specialist training. What I thought would help in fulfilling my dreams almost seemed to send them in the opposite direction. Promises made of going back to the DRC or South Sudan left unfulfilled for the last couple of years left a sour taste in my mouth. And it left me wondering if they had thought I had forgotten about them, that I no longer came because I no longer cared. As training consumed more of my energy, it left me wanting much more than I had begun with. Not only did I feel that I no longer had time to do the things I really wanted to, but I wondered if I was further from my goal than when I had started.
4 days ago, I sat for my specialist training exit examination and by God's grace, I passed. After the moments of disbelief, suddenly I viewed things as I always had. Now I was free. Free to pursue the things God had put in my heart before. Things that had been forced to go to sleep now could be resurrected. And yet, things are completely different.
I have always prayed that he would use me in a greater capacity to help others, to go where others would not, whatever the cost would be. God has always been faithful and he has given me opportunities aplenty, each more precious than the next. Now that I have finally completed my specialist training, I finally see the opportunities that abound in my future. Helping others is indeed addictive, but it is not because the 'feel good' emotion but because it pleases our Father in heaven.
For the next one month, I will get an opportunity to be part of a global enterprise - one I have always dreamt of being a part of. One that I would have never had the chance to do if I had not undergone this training. I only pray that what I say and do will bring glory to the one who has given me this opportunity.
Not only has God given me this wonderful opportunity, but he has put me in the company of eagles, that I may learn to soar with them.
Whatever life brings my way, bring it on.
