Remember That Time...

     Remember that time I suddenly packed up and moved to Warsaw, Poland without knowing how long I'd be gone or what exactly the Lord planned to do through it all? Yea, me too. Well, as it turns out, God's plan was for me to pack back up and return home at the end of this month. No, no, it's not a bad thing and nothing negative has happened. I'm so thankful that I am leaving knowing I could have stayed, but that the true Guide of my life already had the times set beforehand for when I would move to and move from Warsaw. Without boring you with a long list of details, let's just say that towards the end of the summer I began to seek out God's direction for the following school year and went through many days of those "back-and-forth" feelings, but then in one 24hour period, God decided to make it abundantly clear to me that my time in Poland, for this chapter of life, was coming to a close. Does this mean I'll never return to Poland? I sure hope and pray not. Am I still passionate about serving God in ministry overseas? Absolutely, yes!
     I cannot even begin to fully start the process of unpacking all that I've learned or discovered about life, myself , the world and (most importantly) my Savior during these past several months. All I will say for the moment is that God is so good and so close to those who seek Him. Okay, okay...yes, He is actually the One chasing us down and it's a miracle I will never get over.
     Do I have some plans for my return to the United States? Indeed, I do. One of the ways in which God illuminated a direct path for me was to open the door for me to return to the very same position I held at The Arc of New Jersey prior to moving to Warsaw. I will be working with the same awesome team, for the same awesome bosses, and in the same awesome programme (there's a lot of awesome going on). The only difference is  in the geographic area which I will cover and ironically, I am now going to be placed in the counties I had originally hoped for a year ago! My life feels so full circle at the moment that I've been feeling a bit dizzy.
     I don't think I could possibly say this enough, so once again, thank you so much to each and every one of my family members and friends who have offered so many prayers and so much advice (and much needed comic relief) to me over the past five months (and this includes all my dear new friends I met in Warsaw!). You are all incredibly essential parts of my life and I hope I can somehow pour back into you the grace you each pour into me weekly. Stay tuned for further posts (if you'd like to), though the stories might be a little different in theme in the future. Below are some more recent photos I took around Warsaw.