A Month Ago Today....

I boarded a plane headed to South India on a two week mission trip that was scheduled to land me back in the states on January 10, 2010. I never could have guessed that a month later I would be writing this blog from South India, but even more unpredictable was how remarkably easy this whole adjustment would be. A month ago, I by no means was a get up and go do a mission trip in the remote villages of India kind of person. Before India I questioned if I could even get through the two week journey. It's been almost too easy to do this, live here, eat the food, adjust to the drastically different culture, and not have my friends or my family nearby... I'm continually baffled that our God is so big and loves us so much that He can solely be responsible for making me feel so at home half way around the world because He's with me every step, everyday. I've never grown this much before in my whole life so to have so much growth in such a small period of time feels so weird. I feel like a different person and yet I know I'm the same. Today I wore a crazy outfit that is sooo unfashionable. I had a bad hair day and used no flat iron, blow dryer, or hair product. I ate food that I didn't recognize nor did I particularly like how it tasted. I slept in a mosquito net and yet counted over 50 mosquito bites. I hung out with people who are living in tents made of trash/straw huts and have nothing but Jesus. I learned life lessons that I never knew before India. I stored treasure in heaven. I counted someone else as more than myself. I loved bigger than I ever knew possible and I LOVE LIFE MORE AND MORE EVERY MINUTE! Talk about the old has gone and the new has come... WOW DO I FEEL NEW!!!