God Places The Lonely In Families

May 20

Psalm 68:6 "God places the lonely in families"

Only 2 more weeks people and I'm overflowing with tears and thankfulness!

When I think about these past 3 years and what It means to leave it all, I can't help but think about how much I am going to miss this community. This community has become like one big, crazy, mishap, dysfunctional family to me.

Yes, there were not so pretty moments, some splitting conflicts and lots of unnecessary drama but in the end you always knew it was a family. I can't help but think that Psalm 68:6 is so true. In the loneliest season, God placed me into a family...it didn't look anything like what I may have thought...but it was exactly what I needed.

Families that invited me to join their family Christmas'

Families that let me come over and talk while their kids colored

Families that spoke hope into my hopeless soul

Families that let me take photo shoots of them

Families that invited me to go to church with them

Families that made me dinner and invited me into their homes

Families that took me in as a single girl living on her own in the big scary world of Thailand and made me a part of their family so I felt like I had a safe place.

I can't even put it into words how thankful I am for this community, for the friends I have made, the memories that I will forever carry in my heart, the pain and hard conversations, the hope filled moments, the big God moments, the small God moments and everything in between! I don't know what the next chapter looks like, but I know that no matter what, I have a huge extended family in Thailand, and all over the world, and I am thankful to have walked through this season of my life with each of them!

So if you are from GES and you are reading this. Thank you! Thank you for taking in a lonely single girl and making me a part of your families, your lives and for encouraging me and challenging me. I am forever changed because of the way God has used each of you in my life!

I know in two weeks at the end of this venture, it isn't going to be a good bye and I'm so thankful for that! I look forward to our big family reunion one day and all the small ones in-between! Here's to you GES, I love you!