02.02.2015

Psalm 37:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I want to live abroad.  I genuinely do.  I have wanted to live abroad since I was in first grade.  I did not really understand exactly what it meant to live abroad.  I did not comprehend that I would be leaving my family and friends a world away.  But it was 1996... so yeah... no Skype and I definitely wouldn't be able to call home everyday.

Anyways, living abroad has been a deep desire of mine since that time.  I did a research project in Ms. Liken's first grade class on Australia and ever since then I wanted to get close to those koalas and kangaroos; surfing was an upside too.

Lord willing, I will live abroad one day... maybe I will be able to teach abroad as well.  That is a part of the reason that I fight so hard for my health.  I have huge desires.  I want to see the world, especially the biblical areas because I believe that it will give me a better understanding of God.  I read the Bible and sometimes I don't understand the metaphors because I am so stuck in a western mindset... Like, shepherds? Huh?  lol.

Originally, I wanted to live abroad because I thought it was cool but now, I want to see the world that my Father created.  I want to pray in Israel.  I want to worship in Mozambique.  I want to see the waves crashing on the coast of Australia.  I want to climb mountains... wait, I don't want to climb mountains.  [I'll take some bomb photos of one though]  I want to spread the love of Christ everywhere that I go.  For now, I'll do that locally... whether it be the grocery store or the doctor's office [those are like the only two places that I go] but eventually, I will spread it worldwide.  Why else would God allow me to have this desire my whole life?