Friday, December 30, 2011

I travel.
I travel with my job in Europe sometimes.
I travel at least 3 times a year there.
I have been known to travel more.
But this year I am ready to stop traveling and the travel is not at an end.
I leave in about 2 weeks and travel from the middle south to the north east of the huge country we call United States.
I have 2 planned stops. I am not willing to travel the over 24 hours with Ebenezer alone in one shot. I have done that in my life - not now.
So I travel to the sweet southern state of Alabama, stop for a few days. Travel to that lazy town of Charlotte, stop for a rest, and then meander on up to Baltimore, Maryland.
I am blessed to travel and see those that I will see along the way.
But I am not looking forward to the travel.








I long for my own bed. I long for my wonderful luxurious red chair. I long for my tiny fridge and freezer. I long for my balconies. I long for the windows opening to the blue sky. I long for the irritating middle of the night walks in the freezing cold weather when Ebenezer decides he can wait no longer for morning. I long for evenings at Wilhelm Straße 3. I long for mornings waking up for an early morning coffee, journaling, reading, silence, conversation with friends, slower pace and amazingly enough: what I have come to know as home.

I long for this place. I long for this space. I long for this imprinting of the reality that I am being used by Him in fun and amazing ways. I long for the adventure I find in the everyday. I long for this place.

If...
I find so much happiness in a little wohnung (apartment). What more will my future hold?

I enter 2012 with expectation and excitement.
I have been praying about my word for the new year. I walk in silence with God and ask Him to give me the word for the New Year.
I have determined the word for the New Year. Perhaps I will share it later.
But a friend has challenged me to find a picture for the New Year.  I am beginning to think about that and I will let you know if I decide to do it.

your mutating missionary
and ebenezer
here because HE IS here

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