as for the last months...
Life has been busy to say the least...These past 2 months have seen me travel back the States for 2 weeks...Have multiple speaking engagements...Many-Many meetings...Move to a new apartment...So its been crazy...Let me start with my trip to the States.
This trip was many months in the making. I had appointments to make and plans to settle. Lots of prep work. However, it all payed off in the end. I was so very blessed. I was able to spend time seeing my parents. I hadn't seen them for a year. I could see right away how much I had changed...and they as well. I had matured so much, I could see this in the way that I related to them. It was nice to see that kind of growth within me. Its just me becoming an adult more and more. I loved seeing them. As an only child, I really grew up with them. However, since they have yet to see my life in Amsterdam they cannot grasp this new part of me and my life. Its become so much of my heart. My worldview has taken shape in a way that can only be sculpted by the fingers of God. I am blessed!...I also got to see my supporters and this was also a relief...to talk business, butmoreover, to discuss life and our walks with Christ. THIS is was I adore. Also my church family was a huge blessing. It was nice to come home to all this.
I was also able to see some great friends. Some I have known since I was 15...We drank coffee...Had a cigar of two...Went for hikes...We even got up to Duluth MN for a couple days. That was SOOOO good for me. There has always been something special about that town and me. I just love it. Anyway. I was also able to stop by Northwestern College, where I graduated from. I visited friends that still attended there and chatted with professors. This was such a huge blessing.
Then after this short and compact trip I touched down back home in Amsterdam. This was a relief. I had come to miss it while I was away. This is the city that captures my heart. I love it here so much! I am staying in a different building for only couple of weeks then I move in to my new apartment. I am very much looking forward to it. I was able to relax a bit when I came back...But also take a deep breath with God. My trip, with all its prep work, left me exhausted spiritually. I just got wayyyy to busy. I began to miss the Jesus I love so much. So coming back was a relief. And this is where I find myself now. I am back now 2 weeks and its been terrific. I look forward to the Autumn here in Amsterdam. I stand here a blessed man. One who knows where he has come from...one who is thankful for the the redemptive work within...and One anticipates the years to come....
always journeying with Him...will
