I am weak, tired, sad and overwhelmed. I am currently sitting, typing, probably soon to be crying as I write this blog post. People are probably going to look at me weird at the restaurant I am sitting in, well, they probably already are considering my hair is wet, it is in a huge bun on the top of my head, my glasses are on and I look like I just ran a marathon. But I am weak. I am overwhelmed with emotion. It’s hard when you have built such amazing relationships with such amazing people but you know in just a short time you have to say “goodbye”. You have put your whole heart into the relationship and it ends with one simple “goodbye”. That’s how I’m feeling right now, a little overwhelmed. Over the past 5 weeks I have developed some amazing friendships; however, it’s coming to the time where we have to say “goodbye” and I know that I may possibly never see some of these friends again until I reach Heaven. And that is what makes it so hard.
Let me share with you about an amazing friendship I have developed over the past few weeks with a girl named Emmaculate (Emma).
The other night as I was lying in my bunk at The Butterfly House preparing to go to sleep when Emma came over and pushed her metal bunk next to mine (which made a LOUD screeching noise and probably woke anyone who was already asleep up) and laid down on the bed. I was reading my book, Growing Up Duggar, and Emma laid down next to me, sharing my pillow and small blanket, and she read too. She loved the book and asked if we could continue reading tomorrow night but that her eyes were tired and she needed to sleep.
These are the memories I will cherish for a lifetime, the common things, but the things that show deep love and compassion.
It is true, as I remember Shonica telling me when I was younger, as you travel you will meet people that although they don’t look like you, they remind you so much of yourself. Emma is that for me.
The other day I opened my phone to a video message Emma had left for me talking about how much she loves us and how she will cry when we go, but that no matter what one day we will meet again.
As I prepare to leave Machakos and head to Kijabe on October 18. I will probably leave Emma and the rest of the students at I Can Fly with tear stained cheeks. They have impacted me more than they will ever realize and I am grateful for the great relationships I have built that make saying “goodbye” so, so difficult. I know this is going to be the hardest “goodbye” I will have ever said.
This is why I am weak, overwhelmed and exhausted, with constant thoughts running through my head. However, I find great joy in the fact that although this might be the last time I see Emma and the rest of my friends that we have a God that loves us so much and wants to spend eternity with us. They know, and I know if I don’t see them again on this Earth WE WILL meet again one day and Heaven, where we will be worshiping our Heavenly Father again together, and I rest in that promise.
This is how you can be praying:
· Pray for my sweet friend Emma as she and the rest of the kids go throughout school that they would be motivated, determined and successful in their efforts.
· Pray for the Form Four (12th Grade) students as they begin taking a huge test, the KCSE this week. Pray for rest, guidance and endurance.
· Pray for Page and I as we prepare to travel to the Hemphill’s on October 18. Pray for safe travels.
Let me share with you about an amazing friendship I have developed over the past few weeks with a girl named Emmaculate (Emma).
The other night as I was lying in my bunk at The Butterfly House preparing to go to sleep when Emma came over and pushed her metal bunk next to mine (which made a LOUD screeching noise and probably woke anyone who was already asleep up) and laid down on the bed. I was reading my book, Growing Up Duggar, and Emma laid down next to me, sharing my pillow and small blanket, and she read too. She loved the book and asked if we could continue reading tomorrow night but that her eyes were tired and she needed to sleep.
These are the memories I will cherish for a lifetime, the common things, but the things that show deep love and compassion.
It is true, as I remember Shonica telling me when I was younger, as you travel you will meet people that although they don’t look like you, they remind you so much of yourself. Emma is that for me.
The other day I opened my phone to a video message Emma had left for me talking about how much she loves us and how she will cry when we go, but that no matter what one day we will meet again.
As I prepare to leave Machakos and head to Kijabe on October 18. I will probably leave Emma and the rest of the students at I Can Fly with tear stained cheeks. They have impacted me more than they will ever realize and I am grateful for the great relationships I have built that make saying “goodbye” so, so difficult. I know this is going to be the hardest “goodbye” I will have ever said.
This is why I am weak, overwhelmed and exhausted, with constant thoughts running through my head. However, I find great joy in the fact that although this might be the last time I see Emma and the rest of my friends that we have a God that loves us so much and wants to spend eternity with us. They know, and I know if I don’t see them again on this Earth WE WILL meet again one day and Heaven, where we will be worshiping our Heavenly Father again together, and I rest in that promise.
This is how you can be praying:
· Pray for my sweet friend Emma as she and the rest of the kids go throughout school that they would be motivated, determined and successful in their efforts.
· Pray for the Form Four (12th Grade) students as they begin taking a huge test, the KCSE this week. Pray for rest, guidance and endurance.
· Pray for Page and I as we prepare to travel to the Hemphill’s on October 18. Pray for safe travels.