“THEY WILL BECOME FAMILY. What?
That’s not what I signed up for. I have a family. I like my family. I have
friends and I like them too. I didn’t come on this trip to replace them.” These are the thoughts setting up residence
in my mind. My heart jolts at the words, “They will become family.” What if I
don’t want them to take that role? I don’t want anything to change in my life
back in America. I want this to be a pleasant year that I’ll look back on when
I’m older and think “Wow, that was a great experience.” That’s all…nothing
else. I don’t want to change who I am. I
don’t want to change my way of thinking. That, however, is not an option. This year WILL change me. It’s inevitable. It
will change my priorities. It’ll change my view of God. It’ll change my dreams
for the future. Change is about the only think I’m sure of.
Culture shock- Our topic of choice. It floated around the halls of the Baptist Mid-Missions office and even followed us back to the hotel. How does it present itself in different people? What should our response be? So many questions with no real answers. I see it as the avenue in which this change in my life will occur. Before culture shock sets in, I am Melly: a young college student, lover of adventure, certain of nothing. After culture shock sets in, I will be Melly: still a young college student, still a lover of adventure, and most likely still certain of next to nothing. However, I am certain that God will use this year to mold me. He’ll show Himself to me in unimaginable ways. He’ll demonstrate His faithfulness to me more times than I can count: more times than I'll even be aware of. I’ll come away from this year still Melly, yet hopefully grown in my relationship with God, grown in the true reality of His awe-inspiring nature, and grown in my understanding of what it means to be a true sojourner in this world.
Hebrews 6: 13-19 (ESV)
Culture shock- Our topic of choice. It floated around the halls of the Baptist Mid-Missions office and even followed us back to the hotel. How does it present itself in different people? What should our response be? So many questions with no real answers. I see it as the avenue in which this change in my life will occur. Before culture shock sets in, I am Melly: a young college student, lover of adventure, certain of nothing. After culture shock sets in, I will be Melly: still a young college student, still a lover of adventure, and most likely still certain of next to nothing. However, I am certain that God will use this year to mold me. He’ll show Himself to me in unimaginable ways. He’ll demonstrate His faithfulness to me more times than I can count: more times than I'll even be aware of. I’ll come away from this year still Melly, yet hopefully grown in my relationship with God, grown in the true reality of His awe-inspiring nature, and grown in my understanding of what it means to be a true sojourner in this world.
Hebrews 6: 13-19 (ESV)
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