Wellllll, I’m currently sitting in my apartment room that I’ll be in for the next two months!! This has been a crazy 48-ish hours. The Lord immediately blessed me with a wonderful Christian lady, Sheralyn, to sit next to on the flight out of Columbus to Dallas...not only with conversation, but she walked with me until I knew which way to go because my layover was really short! From Dallas to London (9 hours), Mario and I discussed many things from drug and human trafficking in south Texas, to how Jesus isn’t just “religion”, but that he personally wants to know and spend time with every person. Sheesh— good stuff for sure!! AND I slept 4 hours (you know how big of a victory that is if you’re a traveler)! I was thankful (and this is my first time saying this) for the 9 hour layover that I had in Heathrow going to Uganda a few years ago...it’s so nice to just recognize sights in another country! On the tram in London I was struck by so many uniquely beautiful people. And it’s not as if i’ve never been in a situation where there are many other cultures and nationalities represented, but I felt like the Lord was really pressing into my heart that his love for them is immense and that he could tell me all about every one of them— beautiful. As I made it to my terminal for my flight to Bangalore, I quickly became the minority :). I’m thankful for experiences like that so that I can feel what that feels like to others everyday.
The plane ride from London to Bangalore was a good flight, but a little rough for me at times haha. Since I had slept on the other flight (still a good thing), when I hit that second “night” 10 hours later, my body said “ya right”. So while the airplane was dimmed for the normal sleeping population, I quietly watched the Big Bang Theory and slowly went a little nuts in the darkness and quiet. I eventually made an escape for the restroom, just to be somewhere lit. I’ll admit, I just stood in there and talked with the Lord even after I was done haha. It was in those moments of clinging fervently to the Lord that I opened my Bible...this time to Psalm 18, which was really encouraging to me :). I sat between an older man and woman who were very friendly and asked me a lot of questions, although hard to understand them :). The woman saw that I was reading “The Happy Intercessor” by Beni Johnson and asked if it was the Bible or about the Bible...so, with her broken English receiving, I tried to explain the idea of intercessory prayer being joyful instead of constantly depressed...I’m not sure how much got through haha. I also noticed that these two Indian people were so curious! I had just pulled a magazine out of my bag when the man reached over and picked it up off my tray table and began looking through it haha. Also, I have to say, we’re really getting jipped on our food on planes in the U.S. They’re holding out on us! I had organic yogurt for goodness sake! Also, a girl who works in the children’s home has done YWAM...yessss :). Looking forward to some wonderful conversations with her!!!
I’m sorry this was is so long, but all this to say, it was a crazy long journey but the Lord is even more faithful. Thank you soo much for your prayers constantly surrounding me. Please continue them!
PRAY:
-for me to recover from jet lag quickly
-for my physical safety (this is a safe area though)
-health...can’t drinking their water
-for my role to fall into place in terms of how the Lord wants to use me in the ministry
-for encouragement, as this is the first time living by myself (although another wonderful staff family lives downstairs).
Love from India,
bethany
The plane ride from London to Bangalore was a good flight, but a little rough for me at times haha. Since I had slept on the other flight (still a good thing), when I hit that second “night” 10 hours later, my body said “ya right”. So while the airplane was dimmed for the normal sleeping population, I quietly watched the Big Bang Theory and slowly went a little nuts in the darkness and quiet. I eventually made an escape for the restroom, just to be somewhere lit. I’ll admit, I just stood in there and talked with the Lord even after I was done haha. It was in those moments of clinging fervently to the Lord that I opened my Bible...this time to Psalm 18, which was really encouraging to me :). I sat between an older man and woman who were very friendly and asked me a lot of questions, although hard to understand them :). The woman saw that I was reading “The Happy Intercessor” by Beni Johnson and asked if it was the Bible or about the Bible...so, with her broken English receiving, I tried to explain the idea of intercessory prayer being joyful instead of constantly depressed...I’m not sure how much got through haha. I also noticed that these two Indian people were so curious! I had just pulled a magazine out of my bag when the man reached over and picked it up off my tray table and began looking through it haha. Also, I have to say, we’re really getting jipped on our food on planes in the U.S. They’re holding out on us! I had organic yogurt for goodness sake! Also, a girl who works in the children’s home has done YWAM...yessss :). Looking forward to some wonderful conversations with her!!!
I’m sorry this was is so long, but all this to say, it was a crazy long journey but the Lord is even more faithful. Thank you soo much for your prayers constantly surrounding me. Please continue them!
PRAY:
-for me to recover from jet lag quickly
-for my physical safety (this is a safe area though)
-health...can’t drinking their water
-for my role to fall into place in terms of how the Lord wants to use me in the ministry
-for encouragement, as this is the first time living by myself (although another wonderful staff family lives downstairs).
Love from India,
bethany
(This was one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen...this doesn't do it justice!)
love you and so glad to hear you are safe!
ReplyDeleteamazing i cant wait to stay updated wit ur trip :) how long will u be there?
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