Honesty…
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…a quality more respected by most than mere optimism or pessimism or some kind of spin. Unsure how to express what this year has been like in a way that is right, I have struggled with honesty in this public forum. But it is necessary, and I write towards that goal as I begin to reflect on the past 10 months of volunteer work in Africa.
Through the help of Google Analytics, I have been overwhelmed with the 1,223 unique visitors to this blog from 41 different countries and 44 different states in the U.S. The support I have received from many of you has been humbling, and I feel that I owe you more honesty than I have given.
I am now 4 days from my departure. Africa has stripped me of 20lbs and a lot of pride. My presuppositions of who God is, how I relate to Him and how I relate to others has been tested to another level. The brokenness I have experienced has me beaten down quite a bit, yet I am fully confident that character is being built and restoration has begun.
But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Job 23:8-10
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- 06.19.09 / 6pm
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