Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The Best Post Yet...
It has been a year since I left the U.S.A...My home on the range...The land of the free...Capitalism and profit...The Great Democratic Republic...And I can't help but reflect on what might be the most dynamic year of my life up to date.
My 7th year of life was pretty cool too but that is just because I had the prettiest 1st grade teacher, a bunch of friends and the perfect combination of work, recess, lunch, and story time...
Back to this last year though...
I walked through the doors at Cape Town International Airport last Friday--the ones that only a year ago slid open to reveal South Africa to me for the first time. As I left my sister to wait for her return flight to the States I reflected on the moment I arrived, the days which followed and now the year past. I walked out of the airport this year finishing an unbelievable month of holiday, touring, and resting--to a friend waiting in my car and road trip back to Knysna...
All the lessons learned, the opportunities, the experiences, and most of all the change...what a year--I've attempted to share it all but I don't think words and pictures quite capture what all has happened. This much is true--and I can say from experience...There is no such thing as 'chance', 'luck', or 'coincidence' other than expressing an emotion of hope or surprise I can't think that all of this past year 'just happened'...God is sovereign and gracious in his love for me.
To think of what this next year will bring--I cannot imagine.
Oh, by the way...for those who are waiting for information from November 18 to January 18...That is still to come. I'm currently writing a book of information illustrated with intriguing photos and outrageous adventure. I will be publishing it on this blog when my computer (another, newer computer) is up and running full steam.
Until then--this is probably the 3rd or 4th best post...The best one is yet to come ( I hope).
My 7th year of life was pretty cool too but that is just because I had the prettiest 1st grade teacher, a bunch of friends and the perfect combination of work, recess, lunch, and story time...
Back to this last year though...
I walked through the doors at Cape Town International Airport last Friday--the ones that only a year ago slid open to reveal South Africa to me for the first time. As I left my sister to wait for her return flight to the States I reflected on the moment I arrived, the days which followed and now the year past. I walked out of the airport this year finishing an unbelievable month of holiday, touring, and resting--to a friend waiting in my car and road trip back to Knysna...
All the lessons learned, the opportunities, the experiences, and most of all the change...what a year--I've attempted to share it all but I don't think words and pictures quite capture what all has happened. This much is true--and I can say from experience...There is no such thing as 'chance', 'luck', or 'coincidence' other than expressing an emotion of hope or surprise I can't think that all of this past year 'just happened'...God is sovereign and gracious in his love for me.
To think of what this next year will bring--I cannot imagine.
Oh, by the way...for those who are waiting for information from November 18 to January 18...That is still to come. I'm currently writing a book of information illustrated with intriguing photos and outrageous adventure. I will be publishing it on this blog when my computer (another, newer computer) is up and running full steam.
Until then--this is probably the 3rd or 4th best post...The best one is yet to come ( I hope).
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Quincy: Come on now. Keep us up to date on what's happening in your world! I need an email address for you AND for Ryan Smith. Folks in Turkey are looking for you. Want to be found?
Mandy B.
Mandy B.
I'm still miffed that you were in my neighborhood and I didn't get so much as a fly-by. I saw the proof on Daniel's blog. I had Stevie in the player and everything.
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