My hope is in You!

Just wanted to give a little update on...well me..lol

I have been here in Jordan for 3 weeks now and it seems like SO much longer than that. I am not sure what it is about time over here but it feels like enough stuff for several months has been crammed into 3 weeks so when I think about the first week being here it feels like ages ago! And this is not only me...everyone else I work with seems to feel the same. I guess I need to be counting this as a blessing...we always say we need more time for things...and how often does time pass by slowly for us? lol

I just finished the first week of teaching and MY GOODNESS do I have a new found respect for every teacher or professor that I ever had. The workload alone that it takes to stay on top of grades, lessons, organizing, etc. is definitely surprising. In a good way, but just very surprising because I had no idea how much went into this profession! Teachers around the world are my new heroes! This job is the type that, if you were not here truly for the kids and your love for them, you would not be here putting in hours of planning and organizing time at all. The kids we teach are truly our reward..and I just love that! :-)

As I begin to immerse myself in this new place and culture, I find that being surprised that I am here has not really subsided. This place is "A whole new world" as Aladdin put it :-) I still wake up every morning and every night before I go to bed and look out my bedroom window over this city of white stone and cannot believe I am here. Not in a bad way at all, I am just speechless about it still. That God brought me here and I actually am here...the months leading up to being here I sometimes had a hard time imagining it or imagining myself living here because it is such a big step or at least was for me...but I AM here now and God is holding me in His hands! Though things in my days can be challenging and sometimes I just feel overwhelmed, I can feel Him here calling out to me wanting to be my rest. Life here is much more simple than in the States. I get up, walk 5 minutes to work, get off work, walk 10 minutes home, and catch a taxi if I need to go anywhere or else I just spend time building relationships with people. I have no car, limited money which is more than enough, and a job close by. I have only the things I need in my apartment to be able to live...and I have God here with me. There are many less distractions when you are in a place like this...which was exactly what I needed to be able to go away with my Father and find out who He created me to be :-)

There is a part of Psalm 25 that I try to remember to read as often as I can and now that I am here I want it to be my prayer every single day!

"Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long" ~Psalm 25:4-5~

If nothing else, I want to be able to say this is completely true of me while I am here and for all the rest of the days of my life. I pray my hope WILL be in Him that is worthy of all my praise all day long :-)