Update!

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

[Hebrews 10:23]

Sometime along in my (first) senior year at Texas A&M this verse came to fruition in my life in more ways that I can fathom. The last year-ish of my life - since Alicia and I began this journey towards missions in Africa together - God has shown over and over and over again just how faithful He truly is.

Where do I even begin?

I've been TERRIBLE at blogging...my sincerest apologies. There was SO much going on in Korr in November, and then December got cray cray. I'll try to summarize November in another blog post, because...

Long story short, I was blessed to get to come back to the States for the holidays. Four whole weeks at home! Eating Panera Bread almost every day (literally...my goal is to be SICK of it by the time I leave on Monday!), spending sweet, sweet time with my family, and getting to catch up with so many wonderful dear friends. The Lord has been SO faithful to provide in my time home...I've been learning SO much about so many things in this time of rest, all the while trying to process my first 3 1/2 months in Kenya.

Surprisingly enough, no culture shock...none at all! There have been many moments where I've stopped to think about how differently "this" (being whatever situation I'm in) would have played out in Kenya, however. Like the time I was meeting a friend for dinner and she called to apologize profusely because she would be five minutes late (that's practically early in Kenya!), or how when I drive anywhere in the States I know that people will at least pretend to obey traffic laws (traffic laws in Kenya? WHAT traffic laws in Kenya?). How chai lattes at Starbucks just confuse me (real chai in Kenya is just tea steeped in hot milk with a whole lot of sugar). More than anything, how life on this side of the Atlantic Ocean is so much more...fast-paced than I remember.

One thing is for certain...I can't wait to be back there. For however long the Lord has me in northern Kenya, my desire is to trust in His infinitely perfect plan and not my own finite views. Because He has and always will be faithful to provide.