Quotation: Be a Good One
How a Journey of 8,000 Miles Changed Me, part 2
Make sure to check out part 1 here!
Want to make friends in a new country? Be prepared. This isn't always easy. Sometimes you meet someone on the train and instantly, you're buddies. Sometimes you try and try and nothing happens. Many things factor in - you're a foreigner, you're different, your first language isn't the same as everyone else around you. Not only all that but your perspective, worldview, and beliefs are almost guaranteed to be different. Then there's the fact that you've been shaped by your own culture all these years, so yeah, cultural differences are big as well.
All this...and I still live abroad. Better yet, I choose this life! Sure, there's been plenty of disappointments, confusions, misunderstandings, letdowns, frustrations and bad days. But Jesus uses all of those - and more - to mold me more like Himself. It's in that day getting lost all morning or those 60 minutes spent trying to communicate with the clerk about …
Want to make friends in a new country? Be prepared. This isn't always easy. Sometimes you meet someone on the train and instantly, you're buddies. Sometimes you try and try and nothing happens. Many things factor in - you're a foreigner, you're different, your first language isn't the same as everyone else around you. Not only all that but your perspective, worldview, and beliefs are almost guaranteed to be different. Then there's the fact that you've been shaped by your own culture all these years, so yeah, cultural differences are big as well.
All this...and I still live abroad. Better yet, I choose this life! Sure, there's been plenty of disappointments, confusions, misunderstandings, letdowns, frustrations and bad days. But Jesus uses all of those - and more - to mold me more like Himself. It's in that day getting lost all morning or those 60 minutes spent trying to communicate with the clerk about …
Love Quotes!!! Just found your blog through the book Do Hard Things. Thank you guys for making a difference. You are all inspiring.
ReplyDeleteWe love quotes too! :) Do Hard Things is an awesome book! That's how I found Bloom! too. I never ever imagined that I'd become one of the "Bloom! girls". God has a crazy amazing way of working things out. Thank you so much for your sweet note. Remember no matter who you are, you are someone's inspiration. Never doubt what God may be doing in the background. Take the opportunities He gives you and run with them. Just take the first step. The rest will fall into place through His careful hand. Have a blessed day!
DeleteIn Christ,
Emily
I found this blog the same way too. :) Do hard things is a really good book and to find you guys was just perfect! I love the quote, but especially the picture behind it! Adorable <3
Delete~Abi
Thanks Abi!
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln quotes are always great. :) This shoot was a fun one to do with my little sisters. Hope you have a great weekend!
In Him,
Emily