The posting resumes

So here I am again, back home and writing. No longer am I extremely busy and i have time to write again. It's bittersweet to be back. The past 5 months of life have taught me so much and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to do a DTS. I was thinking about it the other day and it's incredible how I ended up in Denver. God orchestrated the whole thing. Gosh, it's just so insane to think about how much God was directing everything without me even realizing it at the time. I suppose you could say the same for everyone who ended up there in Denver.

I remember in India I never thought that normal life could be going on anywhere in the world. Those moments there were just so consuming that thinking about my family and friends sitting at home, or working, or sleeping in their beds seemed unreal. Now i sit here in the living room with my brother playing video games and my sister and Jen studying and it's unbelievable how fast life goes back to normal. No culture shock, no realization that I've been in an insanely different world. Sometimes I feel like I just closed my eyes in June and woke up in November and had the most real dream where I grew and had the most incredible experience. Although I wouldn't trust my imagination to come up with a dream that could even come close to the reality of these past few months. My expectations were blown out of the water and i couldn't have asked for anything better. One thing I came out of DTS that I didn't go in with is a boyfriend. Shawn is his name and what an journey we've had, a long/hard/horrible/wonderful journey. God taught me so much through this boy. I learned to trust the Lord with my future and with my present. I had to learn to surrender every week, every day, and sometimes every minute to Him. I learned to fear God only and care only what He thinks about me. I'm thankful for this boy but even more thankful for these 5 months that I got to set aside to spend time with the Lord.