I hope everyone is enjoying their (scorching hot) summer. I, on the other hand, long for the perpetually dreary and permanently chilly British weather. Trust me, it's better than it sounds.
First of all: thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to everyone who has welcomed me back so well. From pretending to believe my fake "Yes of course I'm so glad to be back!" smiles to actually asking how I'm adjusting. You all have been exactly what I needed, when I needed it. Particularly Sunday morning-my heart was so happy to see so many smiling faces and receive so many familiar hugs.
I'm back in the States, searching for my new "normal" (I must admit...it looks a lot like Grey's Anatomy on repeat and unending trips to Target for dorm room shopping) and trying desperately to figure out how to feel about being back...home? That's the strange thing, this place will always be my "first home". But I'm not so sure that it's meant to always be my home. In fact, I'm positive it's not. I've been blessed with the ability to make any place and any season...comfortable, though. So I seek comfort. And I eat ice cream. So. Much. Ice cream. Don't judge-that's how my heart is coping.
If you've ever been on a mission trip of any length, you know that it's simply impossible to come back unchanged in some capacity. A year-long solo trip? Well, that'll totally turn everything you know upside down. In a way that I would never, ever trade. I've met lots of great people, loved lots of great people, and lived life with lots of great people. People that God most definitely placed directly in my path for a reason. And it's a wee bit hard to just let em go. It's hard to let their way of living go, even.
But. It's all His plan, dear friends. And I feel like I'm inside of it. So I find peace in that. I find peace in knowing that He went before me in everything that I've done thus far in my 19 short years. So, why wouldn't He continue? While I'm nervous and uncomfortably comfortable, I rest in knowing that He is good and He goes before and HE has it all worked out. I just have to keep saying yes to Him.
Another thing: THIS Sunday at 10.45, I'll be presenting in Beautiful Feet (balcony at CFC) about my time in England. I'd LOVE to see you all and answer any questions you might have.
As always: you, my lovely supporters are AMAZING! I can't wait to see you all so, so soon.
With love,
Britt