This week, I started getting nervous. Not only did it hit me that I'm leaving the country and won't be able to drive over to a friend's house for a couple months, but it also occured to me that I am going to be alone. After the team from Northwest Bible Church leaves, I will be on my own in Antigua. Though I have traveled extensively all over the world, I have never been totally alone. I've always had at least one person with me. Someone on my team. Someone to make decisions with. Someone to run ideas by. Someone to walk with in the dark. Someone who has my back. Someone to encourage me when it gets hard. Someone to keep me going. There is no such person this time. I will be on my own physically and logistically (no professor or mission agency to arrange things for me).
This was a sobering realization. Then came another realization: God's provision:
1. At the end of my first week alone, a DTS acquaintance studying in a nearby city and a DTS professor are coming to Antigua, so I will have familiar faces to chat with for a few hours.
2. A friend from church introduced me by Facebook to a missionary in Antigua whom I can contact down there. I'm thrilled to know there's an American down there of like mind.
3. My friend Vanessa is coming to visit me in August!
4. My mom is coming to visit me in September!
After writing that list, I don't feel so alone anymore. I consider these people and opportunities blessings from the Lord. He is good.
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