So as much fun as I'm having here in Bolivia, it is 80 degrees and not an orange leaf or apple cider in sight. So when everyone's g-status and blog updates started popping up with things like "Feels like the first day of fall!" and "Carving pumpkins this weekend!"... I got sort of sad!!
So, I made this list in my journal at the beginning of the month:
"Ways I Am Celebrating Fall That Are Awesome Even If Different From My Usual:
- Sleeping at the Nybergs' and girl-talking with Lindsay until 1 in the morning
- Laying on the couch at Ren watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Spanish with the girls
- Snuggling with my host sisters
- Reflecting.
- Journaling.
- Planning self-esteem workshops at Albergue
- Listening to Ingrid Michaelson, Jason Mraz, Nickel Creek, The Weepies, Amos Lee, William Fitzsimmons
- Coming to cafés and plazas to do HNGR readings and be with You
- Praying for people I love near and far
- Having coffee with Ariane (the MY secretary)
- Using the conditional tense in Spanish
- Developing excellent vegetable-peeling skills
- Reading Nouwen
- Learning from homesickness
- Trusting God with the future (aka attempting to do so)
- Looking at mountains
- Getting to know the missionary community here
- Taking salsa lessons with the MY staff
- And much more too... thanks Lord."
So yeah. This is definitely the most different October I've ever had and I may not be celebrating by having any leaf fights or carving pumpkins... but I am celebrating fall greatly all the same (even if it's actually spring where I am).
(And... this post was my way of needing to "change the subject" on this blog a little bit. I'm really glad I wrote the last post- it was important for me to write and important for me to share, and I REALLY appreciate all the sweet comments and emails I got about it. But, yeah... I just kinda needed to post something happy.)
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