Awake in Atlanta: Looking Back, Looking Forward

It’s Day 139, today is special as it marks the time that we only have 1 month left before I can finally go home!

Aside from the regular work we’ve been doing, we kept ourselves busy during the weekends.

A few things come to mind:

•    Being able to see Washington DC and reconnect with my relatives living there.
•    Celebrating the 4th of July with our American friends.
•    Meeting new friends and brethren of the faith
•    Watching a live Major League Baseball game of the Atlanta Braves.
•    Being blessed by Steven Curtis Chapman’s comeback concert coming from the recent family tragedy
•    Hearing the powerful preaching of Pastor Brian starring a live lion and a bear in the main sanctuary
•    Riding the extreme rides of 6 Flags Over Georgia and Whitewater
•    Fulfilling a childhood dream of being able to visit Disneyland
•    Trying out Cold Stone Ice Cream
•    Gaining weight
•    Shopping?!

Prior to this, I have been focused on wanting to go home. I was homesick. I felt miserable at times.

Looking back at this list made me realize how I almost failed to recognize the tremendous blessings I have been receiving for the past months. This has been a journey towards growth and independence. Personal desires were being granted. Prayers are being answered. Jeremiah 29:11 comes to mind.

Feeling down and out? Count your blessings! And I am indeed blessed. I’m excited as to what the Lord has in store for the coming days.

30 more days, I can’t wait to be home again. God is good.

Nostalgia: Sesame Street - That's about the size of it

One of my most vivid memories I had of my childhood, classic Sesame Street skits! Even then, wisdom is imparted about seeing the big picture, perspective, growth, insignificance of humanity and our purpose. Share this trip with me down memory lane

Oh everything comes
In its own special size
I guess it can be measured
By where you put your eyes
It so big when you're close
And it looks smaller back a bit
That's about the size of it.

That's about the size
Where you put your eyes
That's about the size of it.

Oh the big becomes the little
When you see it back a bit
The huge becomes the dinky
Which is just the opposite
Of the larger that gets smaller
It never seems to quit
That's about the size of it.

That the big become the little
That's the way it seems to go
They makeup a larger thing
Its something good to know
It's nice to know that though were small
There always room to grow
And that's about the size of it

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Thanks to Tito Chippy for the link