Tuesday, September 19, 2006
today has been a crazy day
full of love, life, pain, Homesickness, joy, laughter, tears...
man, sometimes it sucks being a girl and so stinking emotional...
anyway, totally got to hang out with Ahtapa and Leah, missionaries from ChiangMai, all stinking day. it was amazing. talk about worlds colliding. one awesome thing was, when talking to Jackie (who went to Thailand last year), figuring out that it was not awkward when we first got together with Ahtapa and Leah, it was more like we were picking up right when we left off. that's one beautiful thing about relationships based on Christ - no matter how long the separation, we still know that there is a tie that binds so much stronger than any other tie in the world, so there is no question that there will still be genuine love between friends founded in Christ.
while hanging out with them, we heard of the military coup being staged in Thailand at that very time, that began late Tuesday night/early Wed morning, Thai time (12 hours ahead of us).
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.coup.rumor/index.html
this would have affected me, even had Ahtapa and Leah not been sitting right with me when we found out, but it affected me so much more because they were and i saw how they were affected.
we found out at about noon today (midnight Thai time). we tried to go through the rest of the day normally, which worked most of the time, but there were still comments made, especially by Ahtapa that showed me he was still thinking about it.
please pray for them, as they are here, in the States until the end of October, with limited communication with their family back home, knowing that there are over 50 children depending on them to keep them safe, and knowing that they cannot personally help those kids through this potentially quite scary time. ChiangMai is not anywhere close to Bangkok, where most, if not all of the action is taking place, but there will almost certainly be effects felt throughout the country.
having to say goodbye to them again, not knowing if i'll see them again on this earth was really, really hard. especially when Ahtapa told John to take care of me - and John thanked Ahtapa for taking care of me this summer. two amazing, Godly men in my life concerned about protecting and providing for me, and asking one another and thanking one another for doing it. what?!??
i just cried...
then, i get back to my e-mail, and find an e-mail saying that a pastor from my area, who recently resigned from his preaching position to focus more on counseling and other things more outside of the church, is running for Lt Governor of Illinois...
check out their website:
www.runrandyrun.com
so many emotions, thoughts. i'm sleeping now, sleeping in in the morning, working hard to get everything done, going to class, having a break, Ephesians meeting, RCC, FOCUS!
i'm so excited.
still trying to live out being excited about the future, but being addicted to the present. i'm going to add another thing, though. what with all the stuff from my summer coming back to the surface, it's been an amazing day to remember and reflect on God's faithfulness in the past.
so, i'm excited about the future, remembering the past, and addicted to the future.
hopefully...that's how i want to live, at least.
God is so big.
peace
man, sometimes it sucks being a girl and so stinking emotional...
anyway, totally got to hang out with Ahtapa and Leah, missionaries from ChiangMai, all stinking day. it was amazing. talk about worlds colliding. one awesome thing was, when talking to Jackie (who went to Thailand last year), figuring out that it was not awkward when we first got together with Ahtapa and Leah, it was more like we were picking up right when we left off. that's one beautiful thing about relationships based on Christ - no matter how long the separation, we still know that there is a tie that binds so much stronger than any other tie in the world, so there is no question that there will still be genuine love between friends founded in Christ.
while hanging out with them, we heard of the military coup being staged in Thailand at that very time, that began late Tuesday night/early Wed morning, Thai time (12 hours ahead of us).
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.coup.rumor/index.html
this would have affected me, even had Ahtapa and Leah not been sitting right with me when we found out, but it affected me so much more because they were and i saw how they were affected.
we found out at about noon today (midnight Thai time). we tried to go through the rest of the day normally, which worked most of the time, but there were still comments made, especially by Ahtapa that showed me he was still thinking about it.
please pray for them, as they are here, in the States until the end of October, with limited communication with their family back home, knowing that there are over 50 children depending on them to keep them safe, and knowing that they cannot personally help those kids through this potentially quite scary time. ChiangMai is not anywhere close to Bangkok, where most, if not all of the action is taking place, but there will almost certainly be effects felt throughout the country.
having to say goodbye to them again, not knowing if i'll see them again on this earth was really, really hard. especially when Ahtapa told John to take care of me - and John thanked Ahtapa for taking care of me this summer. two amazing, Godly men in my life concerned about protecting and providing for me, and asking one another and thanking one another for doing it. what?!??
i just cried...
then, i get back to my e-mail, and find an e-mail saying that a pastor from my area, who recently resigned from his preaching position to focus more on counseling and other things more outside of the church, is running for Lt Governor of Illinois...
check out their website:
www.runrandyrun.com
so many emotions, thoughts. i'm sleeping now, sleeping in in the morning, working hard to get everything done, going to class, having a break, Ephesians meeting, RCC, FOCUS!
i'm so excited.
still trying to live out being excited about the future, but being addicted to the present. i'm going to add another thing, though. what with all the stuff from my summer coming back to the surface, it's been an amazing day to remember and reflect on God's faithfulness in the past.
so, i'm excited about the future, remembering the past, and addicted to the future.
hopefully...that's how i want to live, at least.
God is so big.
peace
// posted by erinlizabeth @ 11:44 PM 
