Taiwan Journal 8.26.2011

I was reading some of my journals that I wrote when I was in Taiwan over the summer, and I just wanted to share some of the stuff I said. It just makes my heart happy to read what I thought about Taiwan while I was there :) So here's what I wrote on August 26, 2011:

Jeremiah 10:6-7 "No one is like you, oh Lord. You are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not revere you, oh King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you."

We only have tomorrow left in Taiwan. I honestly feel like we just got here. I have seriously loved almost every minute of my time here. I think God has really confirmed for me how much I love the Taiwanese people, and how desperately they need Him. My heart is so heavy at having to leave these people. I have serious intentions of coming back as soon as I can. I just have a feeling I can't go back to how I was before I came here. I really feel like a different person now in some ways. Experiencing other cultures has opened my eyes. Having personal relationships with people here has really opened my heart to them. These people are so loving and kind and hospitable, and I can feel God's love for them.

I can't say that I'm 100% sure about my decision to pursue moving to Taiwan, but reading this journal entry and others like it has just made me realize the love God has placed in my heart for the friends I have in Taiwan. I was only there for a month but even now, almost a year later, I still miss those friends so much every time I think about them or look at pictures from my time with them. It's definitely not a love I could conjure up on my own. It's awesome how the love God puts in my heart is so wonderfully illogical <3

So here's to taking a step of faith and trusting that God will be ahead of me and behind me and beside me every step of the way!