…I’m sitting in my green American room ..I did some re-arranging today putting frog-toys into a box; I sticked pictures of my Ukrainian-American-Canadian friends on the glass hanging-on board, and walls. I cooked some buckwheat soup (grechnovyi
) and together with my hosting family we had very nice and funny dinner.
Honestly it feels like a Christmas…maybe because I have these Christmas lights turned on….I’m in Florida, it’s never getting cold here. We have 91 by F° in the middle of October. I’ve heard and even seen some pictures of unexpected winter in my hometown – Lviv. The realization that it’s snowing there and I’m still here and so far from my family and friends make me a little bit homesick…
Generally I thank God for every moment I spent here in U.S. Many of you may remember of my broken heart with the idea to leave Ukraine for one year (for those who are not aware: on August 12th I arrived to Orlando, FL for internship at Northland, A Church Distributed http://www.northlandchurch.net/ by the way you can check the video for 10th October and see what I’m doing at this church). I didn’t want it with all my soul. Ukraine is very close to my heart even though it makes my life a big trouble =). I’ve never had the slightest dream of going to United States. Not by accident I believe God gifted me with 3 wonderful opportunities to go there. Each of my friends and all my family told me that I would have been silly if I didn’t accept that gift. Speaking generally this is my third time in States and each time it becomes longer =)
God have worked on my heart a lot so I could finally arrived at a conclusion that in all things He works for the good (as it said in Romans 8:28). Since I left Ukraine He has been giving me good lessons and teaching me of many things. First of all I appreciate it because I was brought back to the heart of worship. You may agree with me that often we stick to something in our life and become dependent on it. So He starts moving us into hardships or taking us away from what we are so in a love with. All that is about me. Honestly I fought with God every another day. It didn’t get to me that He removed me from what I had in order to hand fresh and new things and fill my life with a sweet restoration and pour out an abundance of His love again on me…
……..He is Loving Father. Finally you and me will be grateful to all the work He does in
our lives even though we can hardly get it now.
I’ll tell you about it later…Take care!
